Verse 328

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In plain words

From there you lose hold of your true nature, and once you have slipped, you fall further down. For the fallen, what is seen is ruin, with no climbing back up. So give up imagining sense-objects, the cause of every misfortune, as someone sick gives up what is unwholesome.

Close to the Sanskrit

Then comes a lapse from one’s true nature, and one who has lapsed falls downward. For the fallen, ruin alone is seen, with no ascent again. Therefore one should abandon imagining sense-objects, the cause of every calamity, just as a sick person gives up unwholesome things.