The creature then, though still possessed of consciousness, fails to know anything. The vital part being all worked up, the knowledge of the living creature becomes overwhelmed by darkness.
ततः सचेतनो जन्तु भिजानाति किंचन। तमसा संवृतज्ञानः संवृतेष्वेव मर्मसु। स जीवो निरधिष्ठानचाल्यते मातरिश्वना॥