Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.27.15
SB 3.27.15
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manyamānas tadātmānam anaṣṭo naṣṭavan mṛṣā naṣṭe 'haṅkaraṇe draṣṭā naṣṭa-vitta ivāturaḥ
Translation
The living entity can vividly feel his existence as the seer, but because of the disappearance of the ego during the state of deep sleep, he falsely takes himself to be lost, like a man who has lost his fortune and feels distressed, thinking himself to be lost.