44. Men being long deluded by this error, which has fastly laid hold of their minds, imagine a long duration of the world, as they do of the scenes in their dreams.
45. The mind being thus deluded by this error, sees the wonderful productions of world, to rise and fall within itself like the waves of the sea.
46. Things which are real and good, appear as otherwise in our error; while those that are unreal and noxious, appear as real and good to our deluded understandings.
47. Our strong avarice riding on the vehicle of the desired object, chases the fleeting mind as bird-catchers do the flying birds in nets.
48. Delusion like a mother and wife often offers us fresh delights, with her tender looks and breasts distilling sweet milk.
49. But these delights serve only to poison us, while they seem to cool the worlds with their distillation; just as the crescent orb of the moon, injures us with too much of her moistening influence, while it appears to refresh us with her full bright beams.
50. Blind delusion turns the meek, mild and mute men, to giddy and vociferous fools; as the silent Vetálas become in their revelrous dancings, amidst the silent woods at night.
51. It is under the influence of delusion, that we see the shapes of snakes and serpents, in our brick-built and stone made houses at night falls: (i.e. apprehensions of these in darkness).
52. It makes a single thing appear as double, as in the sight of two moons in the sky; and brings near to us whatever is at a distance, as in our dreams; and even causes us to dream ourselves as dead in sleep.
53. It causes the long to appear as short, as our nightly sleep shortens the duration of time; and makes a moment appear as a year, as in the case of separated lovers.