SB 10.73.11
TEXT 11
mṛga-tṛṣṇāṁ yathā bālā
manyanta udakāśayam
evaṁ vaikārikīṁ māyām
ayuktā vastu cakṣate
SYNONYMS
mṛga-tṛṣṇām—a mirage; yathā—as; bālāḥ—men of childish intelligence; manyante—consider; udaka—of water; āśayam—a reservoir; evam—in the same way; vaikārikīm—subject to transformations; māyām—the material illusion; ayuktāḥ—those who lack discrimination; vastu—substance; cakṣate—see as.
TRANSLATION
Just as men of childish intelligence consider a mirage in the desert to be a pond of water, so those who are irrational look upon the illusory transformations of Māyā as substantial.