This has been already explained by the illustration of the car and the pedestrian. One who has been overwhelmed by delusion on account of attachment, sticks to it like a fisherman to his boat.
व्याख्यातं पूर्वकल्पेन यथा रथपदातिनोः॥ स्नेहात् सम्मोहमापन्नो नावि दाशो यथा तथा।