US-P18.048ab ।US-P18.048cd ॥
In plain words
Failing to understand the true nature of the ego-reflection, deluded people without scriptural guidance mistake the personal doer for the true Self.
Close to the Sanskrit
Through non-comprehension of the reflection of the Self in its true reality, thoroughly deluded, those destitute of scripture think the doer of 'I' is the Self.