yatha -- as; sayanah -- sleeping; purushah -- a person; atmanam -- himself; guna -- secondary; tattva -- of reality; drik -- whose vision; nama -- with names; matra -- and forms; indriya -- through his mind; abhatam -- manifest; na veda -- he does not know; rahitam -- separate; param -- rather; evam -- similarly; tva -- You; nama-matreshu -- having names and forms; vishayeshu -- in objects of material perception; indriya -- of the senses; ihaya -- by the activity; mayaya -- because of the influence of Your illusory energy; vibhramat -- becoming bewildered; cittah -- whose consciousness; na veda -- one does not know; smriti -- of his memory; upaplavat -- due to the disruption.

A sleeping person imagines an alternative reality for himself and, seeing himself as having various names and forms, forgets his waking identity, which is distinct from the dream. Similarly, the senses of one whose consciousness is bewildered by illusion perceive only the names and forms of material objects. Thus such a person loses his memory and cannot know You.