yatha bhramarika-drstya

 bhramyativa mahiyate

citte kartari tatratma

 kartevaham-dhiya smrtah

 

Translation: 

 

Just as a person who is whirling around perceives the ground to be turning, one who is affected by false ego thinks himself the doer, when actually only his mind is acting.

 

Purport: 

 

Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti gives a parallel idea: Although our happiness and distress are caused by our own interaction with the material qualities, we perceive the Lord to be their cause.