अयं सोऽहमिति व्यर्थकल्पनाऽसत्स्वरूपिणी ।अहंकारपिशाचेन किमज्ञवदहं स्थितः
In plain words
'This is that I'—a futile imagining, unreal in its very nature—why do I stand, like one who does not know, in the grip of the demon that is ahaṃkāra?
अयं सोऽहमिति व्यर्थकल्पनाऽसत्स्वरूपिणी ।अहंकारपिशाचेन किमज्ञवदहं स्थितः
'This is that I'—a futile imagining, unreal in its very nature—why do I stand, like one who does not know, in the grip of the demon that is ahaṃkāra?