Keshidwaja describes the nature of ignorance, and the benefits of the Yoga or contemplative devotion - Verse 12
Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · 6 · Verse 7.12
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Sanskrit Original
पञ्चभूतात्मके देहे देही मोहतमोवृतः अहम एतद इतीत्य उच्चैः कुरुते कुमतिर मतिम ।।
pañcabhūtātmake dehe dehī mohatamovṛtaḥ aham etad itīty uccaiḥ kurute kumatir matim ||
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In the body made of the five elements, the embodied soul, enveloped in the darkness of ignorance, loudly declares, 'I am this,' and the foolish mind acts accordingly.