the material world

Rama Kanta Das.

“Just as a member of the audience may imitate persons whom he sees dancing and singing, similarly the conditioned soul, (although the soul factually never is the doer of material activities) becomes captivated by the sense of I arising from false ego and begins to imitate the qualities of the material intelligence and starts to enjoy the objects of this world.”

Translation

nṛtyato gāyataḥ paśyan yathaivānukaroti tān
evaṁ buddhi-guṇān paśyann anīho ‘py anukāryate