anityanatma-duhkhesu

 viparyaya-matir hy aham

dvandvaramas tamo-visto

 na jane tvatmanah priyam

 

Translation: 

 

Thus mistaking the temporary for the eternal, my body for my self, and sources of misery for sources of happiness, I have tried to take pleasure in material dualities. Covered in this way by ignorance, I could not recognize You as the real object of my love.