dvijah uvaca -- the brahmana said; na -- not; ayam -- these; janah -- people; me -- my; sukha -- of happiness; duhkha -- and distress; hetuh -- the cause; na -- nor; devata -- the demigods; atma -- my own body; graha -- the controlling planets; karma -- my past work; kalah -- or time; manah -- the mind; param -- rather only; karanam -- the cause; amananti -- is called by standard authorities; samsara -- of material life; cakram -- the cycle; parivartayet -- causes to rotate; yat -- which.

The brahmana said: These people are not the cause of my happiness and distress. Neither are the demigods, my own body, the planets, my past work, or time. Rather, it is the mind alone that causes happiness and distress and perpetuates the rotation of material life.