Verse 491

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विक्षेपनाम्नी रजसस्तु शक्तिःप्रवृत्तिहेतुः पुरुषस्य नित्यम् ।स्थूलादिलिङ्गान्तमशेषमेत -द्यया सदात्मन्यसदेव सूयते ॥ ४९१ ॥

In plain words

The power of rajas known as projection is the perpetual instigator of human activity, through which this entire realm—from the gross physical body down to the subtle—is conjured up within the pure Self as though it were real.

Close to the Sanskrit

The power of rajas named projection is constantly the cause of activity of the person, by which all this from the gross up to the subtle is ever projected as if real in the Self, though unreal.