Verse 286

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In plain words

The day-blind creature, standing at noon, sees darkness. His own eyes report it — does that make it so? It works the same way with anything grasped through error: real, to the one caught in the mistake; to a clear mind, simply false.

Close to the Sanskrit

But for the sight of the day-blind creature there is darkness in the daytime; though that is established by direct perception, is it real? In that same way, an object apprehended through error is real for the deluded one, while for one of clear understanding it is merely false.