• ātmānam — himself
  Ātman — the self. In Gauḍīya theology, jīva-ātmā (the individual self), distinct from paramātmā (the Supersoul) and brahman (the impersonal effulgence). The verse says one cannot see even ātman — the jīva loses sight of itself under māyā's storm. Doctrinal note: this is not the Advaitin's loss-of-self; it is the storm's covering of self-knowledge.
• param ca api — or another
  Para — other. Same root as parama (highest) and parātparam (higher than the highest). The verse uses para in its plain 'other person' sense, but the doctrinal echo is present: in the storm one cannot see the other; in māyā more broadly, one cannot see the supreme Para — Bhagavān.
• vimohitaḥ — being illusioned
  Vi-mohita — thoroughly deluded. Moha is the Gītā's word for the foundational illusion (5.15: ajñānena āvṛtaṁ jñānam tena muhyanti jantavaḥ). The vraja-vāsīs' temporary vimoha is the universal condition in miniature — and the Lord's release of them prefigures every soul's release from māyā.
• upadrutaḥ — disturbed
  From upa-dru, to run upon, to be assailed. Upadrava is calamity. The Bhāgavatam regularly uses upadrava for the threefold misery (ādhyātmika, ādhibhautika, ādhidaivika). Tṛṇāvarta is the ādhibhautika upadrava here — a fellow-being weaponized by Kaṁsa into a calamity.

• Notice today the moments when sensory overload (notifications, noise, news) blinds you to the souls right in front of you, and pause to chant Kṛṣṇa's name once before responding.
• Refuse to make any consequential decision while the dust of agitation is still in the air — wait until you can see yourself and others clearly again.
• When you feel disoriented and cannot see your own next step, stop trying to navigate by your own sight and call on Kṛṣṇa, who alone sees through the storm.

When the lamp goes out in a crowded room, neighbours suddenly cannot tell themselves from one another — every elbow becomes a stranger's. Tṛṇāvarta's sand does the same to Vraja: in the blindness, even ātmā cannot find ātmā. Only the Lord, who is the witness behind every lamp, sees clearly through the storm.