Verse 522

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In plain words

They argue about it endlessly. Listen, and I will set out how the argument goes, position by position. At the very bottom, the wholly untutored man thinks: my son — that is me.

Close to the Sanskrit

They dispute; that manner hear — I shall tell it carefully. Some utterly uncultivated man thinks, 'the son is the self.'