। ॥ । ॥
In plain words
Give up the sense 'I' in this unreal and contemptible body. Know yourself as the Self that is Being, unbroken bliss, imperishable. One who wishes to see the Self while bent on nourishing the body is trying to cross a river by seizing a crocodile in the belief that it is a log.
Word for word
Give up the 'I'-sense in this unreal, contemptible body. Know yourself as the Self that is Being, bliss unbroken and imperishable. He who, being intent on nourishing the body, wishes to see the Self, seizing a crocodile with the thought that it is a log, wishes to cross the river.