[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Bhagavatapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata) › 11.23.49 # Bhagavatapurana 11.23.49 Bhāgavatapurāṇa 11.23.49 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [11.23.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.11.23.49) dehaṃ mano-mātram imaṃ gṛhītvā mamāham ity andha-dhiyo manuṣyāḥ / eṣo 'ham anyo 'yam iti bhrameṇa duranta-pāre tamasi bhramanti // > 50. Having mistaken this body, a mere creation of the mind, to be their own and their selves, men have their sense blinded with > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam > the wrong notions of ‘I’, ‘Thou’, and ‘He’, and thus wander about in the infinite expanse of darkness. > — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam - [Previous: 11.23.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.11.23.48) - [Next: 11.23.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.11.23.50) - [Up: 11.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.11.23) ## Translations (2) - [The Srimad Bhagavatam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-subbarau.11.23.p52) — S. Subba Rau 1928, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.11.23.49) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.11.23.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.11.23.49) · Pramāṇa