On account of his birth and death originating from the fact of living in union with Nature, he thinks himself to be no other than what he apparently is, Knowing himself as this or that, he follows the qualities of Goodness, Darkness and Ignorance.
सहवासविनाशित्वान्नान्योऽहमिति मन्यते। योऽहं सोऽहमिति ह्युक्त्वा गुणानेवानुवर्तते॥