। ॥ ९६ ॥
In plain words
It earns the name ahaṅkāra through the conceit 'I am'; and it is called citta through its habit of dwelling on whatever it favors.
Close to the Sanskrit
Here, due to self-conceit as 'I,' [it is] ahaṅkāra; by the quality of dwelling on its own object, [it is] citta.