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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.22.54-55

యథామ్భసా ప్రచలతా తరవోఽపి చలా ఇవ । చక్షుషా భ్రామ్యమాణేన ద‍ృశ్యతే భ్రమతీవ భూ: ॥ ౫౪ ॥ యథా మనోరథధియో విషయానుభవో మృషా । స్వప్నద‍ృష్టాశ్చ దాశార్హ తథా సంసార ఆత్మన: ॥ ౫౫ ॥
yathāmbhasā pracalatā
[yathaambhasaa prachalataa]
taravo ’pi calā iva
[taravo ’pi chalaa iva]
cakṣuṣā bhrāmyamāṇena
[chakshushaa bhraamyamaanena]
dṛśyate bhramatīva bhūḥ
[drishyate bhramateeva bhooh]
yathā manoratha-dhiyo
[yathaa manoratha-dhiyo]
viṣayānubhavo mṛṣā
[vishayaanubhavo mrishaa]
svapna-dṛṣṭāś ca dāśārha
[svapna-drishtaash cha daashaarha]
tathā saṁsāra ātmanaḥ
[tathaa samsaara aatmanah]
yathā — as ambhasā — by water pracalatā — moving, agitated taravaḥ — trees api — indeed calāḥ — moving iva — as if cakṣuṣā — by the eyes bhrāmyamāṇena — which are being turned about dṛśyate — appears bhramatī — moving iva — as if bhūḥ — the earth yathā — as manaḥ-ratha — of a mental fantasy dhiyaḥ — the ideas viṣaya — of sense gratification anubhavaḥ — the experience mṛṣā — false svapna-dṛṣṭāḥ — things seen in a dream ca — and dāśārha — O descendant of Daśārha tathā — thus saṁsāraḥ — the material life ātmanaḥ — of the soul.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
yathāmbhasā pracalatā
yathā
as
ambhasā
by water
pracalatā
moving, agitated
taravo ’pi calā iva
taravaḥ
trees
cakṣuṣā bhrāmyamāṇena
dṛśyate bhramatīva bhūḥ
yathā manoratha-dhiyo
viṣayānubhavo mṛṣā
svapna-dṛṣṭāś ca dāśārha
api
indeed
calāḥ
moving
iva
as if
cakṣuṣā
by the eyes
bhrāmyamāṇena
which are being turned about
dṛśyate
appears
bhramatī
moving
iva
as if
bhūḥ
the earth
yathā
as
tathā saṁsāra ātmanaḥ
manaḥ-ratha
of a mental fantasy
dhiyaḥ
the ideas
viṣaya
of sense gratification
anubhavaḥ
the experience
mṛṣā
false
svapna-dṛṣṭāḥ
things seen in a dream
ca
and
dāśārha
O descendant of Daśārha
tathā
thus
saṁsāraḥ
the material life
ātmanaḥ
of the soul.
The soul’s material life, his experience of sense gratification, is actually false, O descendant of Daśārha, just like trees’ appearance of quivering when the trees are reflected in agitated water, or like the earth’s appearance of spinning due to one’s spinning his eyes around, or like the world of a fantasy or dream.

Trees appear to be swaying when reflected in agitated water, and similarly, when one is sitting on a moving boat the trees on the shore appear to be moving. When the wind whips up the water, creating waves, the water appears to have movement of its own, although it is actually being moved by the wind. The conditioned soul in material life does not perform any activities, but rather the material body, with the consent of the illusioned living entity, is being moved by the modes of nature. One imposes this external movement upon oneself, considering oneself to be dancing, singing, running, dying, conquering and so on, although these are merely interactions of the external body with the modes of nature.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O descendant of Daśārha! Just like a tree appears to move when eon is on a boat moving in water, the imposition affects our vision of the world. Like the earth’s appearance of spinning due to spinning one’s eyes around, the imposition affects our own mentality. Like the world of a fantasy or dream, the imposition is illusory. Enjoyment of objects leads to saṁsāra for the ātmā. These imposed qualities manifest elsewhere in what we see. This is shown with an example. A tree on the bank appears to be moving for people on a boat moving due to movement of the water. One’s conception as a doer and enjoyer is simply an imposed quality. On accepting this conception, one takes up those qualities, just as a person who becomes possessed by a snake or ghost appears to have the qualities of a snake or ghost. An example is given of the earth moving because the eye moves. The imposed quality of material enjoyment is perceived falsely by the jīva. An example is given. It is like a dream. Enjoyment of objects leads to bondage in saṁsāra.
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