The brāhmaṇa said: These people are not the cause of my happiness and distress. Neither are the devatās, my self, the planets, my karma, or time. Rather, it is the mind alone that causes happiness and distress and causes one to wander in samsāra. “Who has given me such misery?” Considering this, he concluded it was not caused by evil people. “Why are you denying the visible cause? Is it because these evil people are not acting independently?” If you say someone has inspired them, those persons should also be denied as the cause. No devatā or jīva or planet is causing this. They say the cause is only the mind. Śruti says manasā hy eva paśyati manasā hy eva śṛṇoti: one sees by the mind and hears by the mind. (Bṛhad-āraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.5.4) Parivartayet means “wanders.”