manyate
- thinks
- considers
- imagines
In 4 verses
- 2.19
य एनं वेत्ति हन्तारं यश्चैनं मन्यते हतम्
manyate — thinks
Whoever thinks this is the slayer, and whoever thinks it is slain, neither of them understands. It does not kill and it is not killed.
- 3.27
प्रकृतेः क्रियमाणानि गुणैः कर्माणि सर्वशः
manyate — thinks
All actions are carried out by the strands of nature. But one deluded by the sense of self thinks: I am the doer.
- 6.22
यं लब्ध्वा चापरं लाभं मन्यते नाधिकं ततः
manyate — considers
having gained which, one thinks no other gain greater; and standing in which, one is not moved even by heavy sorrow —
- 18.32
अधर्मं धर्ममिति या मन्यते तमसाऽऽवृता
manyate — imagines
The understanding, wrapped in darkness, that takes what is wrong for what is right, and sees everything the wrong way round, is of inertia.