The following song is sung by Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura:
- ahaṅkāre matta hañā, nitāi-pada pāsariyā,
- asatyere satya kari māni
Due to forgetting the lotus feet of Lord Nityānanda and being puffed up by material possessions, wealth and opulence, one thinks the false, temporary material world to be an actual fact. This is the material disease. The living entity is eternal and blissful, but despite miserable material conditions, he thinks the material world to be real and factual due to his ignorance.