False ego blinds us to reality; surrender to Krishna's will alone brings freedom and eternal happiness.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Prabhupāda: ...means ahaṅkāra-vimūḍhātmā [Bg 3.27]. The more we get material possession, our false egotism increases: "I have got this. I have got this. Who is more powerful than me?" Āḍhyo 'ham abhijān asmi ko 'sti mayā [Bg 16.15].
These are described in the Sixteenth Chapter. What is the meaning of this ahaṅkāra? Because vimūḍhātmā, that "I have got this motorcar. I have got this property," but within a second it can be finished.
There is another, superior law. That he forgets. He sees actually, but he forgets. That is called vimūḍhātmā.
He is seeing, everyone. Of course, our time and nature's time, little different. So many Hitlers, so many Napoleons, so many Gandhis, so many Jawaharlal came and went. But they do not see.
Paśyann api na paśyati [SB 2.1.4]. They are seeing actually; still, they do not see. Blind. In India the Muhammadans came. They ruled over.
Where is the Moghul? The Englishmen came. Where they are? Everything gone.
Paśyann api na paśyati. This is called vimūḍhātmā. That is going on. The material civilization means ahaṅkāra-vimūḍhātmā.