Bhagavata Purana 4.29.5
Srimad Bhagavatam · 29 · Verse 5
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Sanskrit Original
बुद्धिं तु प्रमदां विद्यान्ममाहमिति यत्कृतम् । यामधिष्ठाय देहेऽस्मिन् पुमान् भुङ्क्तेऽक्षभिर्गुणान् ॥ ५ ॥
buddhiṁ tu pramadāṁ vidyān mamāham iti yat-kṛtam yām adhiṣṭhāya dehe ’smin pumān bhuṅkte ’kṣabhir guṇān
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The great sage Nārada continued: The word pramadā mentioned in this regard refers to material intelligence, or ignorance. It is to be understood as such. When one takes shelter of this kind of intelligence, he identifies himself with the material body. Influenced by the material consciousness of “I” and “mine,” he begins to enjoy and suffer through his senses. Thus the living entity is entrapped.