Bhagavatapurana 11.13.30

11.13.30

yāvan nānārtha-dhīḥ puṃso na nivarteta yuktibhiḥ /
jāgarty api svapann ajñaḥ svapne jāgaraṇaṃ yathā //

29. D. *Note.* This verse answers the view of the dull-witted that Ahankara is another cause of bondage. The answer being the same as in the previous verse. Ahankara is almost another expression for the gunas. 30. So long as the sense of man implying the existence of difference in things, does not disappear, despite all his powers of reasoning and attempts, he is really ignorant, sleeping while wakeful, just as he is wakeful in dreams (or sleep).