साप्यहङ्कृतिसम्बन्धादात्मन्यारोप्यते जनैः ॥
~ I am the doer, I am In sorrow, I am happy, I am thin, I am Fat - all these thoughts arising due to ego, is imposed on the aatman by the people.
वदन्ति वेदविद्वांसः साक्षिणं प्रकृतेः परम् । भोक्तारमक्षयं बुद्ध्वा सर्वत्र समवस्थितम् ॥
~ The Knower of vedic truth knows that the Immortal enjoyer of all, is Omnipresent and is the witness of all, which is beyond the Prakriti.
तस्मादज्ञानमूलोऽयं संसार: सर्वदेहिनाम् ।
अज्ञानादन्यथा ज्ञातं तच्च प्रकृतिसङ्गतम् ॥
~ That is why this world is the agyan-mula for all embodied beings. It (the world) would seem otherwise due to ignorance caused by prakriti.
नित्योदितः स्वयंज्योतिः सर्वगः पुरुषः परः ।
अहङ्काराविवेकेन कर्ताहमिति मन्यते ॥
~ The aatma is the eternally awake self-light, pervading everywhere, the Supreme Person. Because of the ignorance of the ego, this (Jiva) considers himself to be the doer.
Sri Rama Gita