न स्वप्तव्यं च संसारमायास्विह विजानता । विषमूर्च्छनसंमोहदायिनीषु विवेकिना ॥ ३२ ॥
na svaptavyaṁ ca saṁsāramāyāsviha vijānatā | viṣamūrcchanasaṁmōhadāyinīṣu vivēkinā || 32 ||
Translation
One who understands and discerns should not sleep here among the illusions of saṁsāra, which give the swoon and stupor of poison.
Word by word
- na
- not
- svaptavyaṁ
- should sleep
- ca
- and
- saṁsāra
- of saṁsāra
- māyāsu
- among the illusions
- iha
- here
- vijānatā
- one who understands
- viṣa
- of poison
- mūrcchana
- the swoon
- saṁmōha
- and stupor
- dāyinīṣu
- which give
- vivēkinā
- who discerns
Meaning
Na svaptavyam, one must not sleep. The verse likens the world's illusions to a poison that brings on swoon and stupor, and the sarga's urgency is in that word. One who feels the stupor coming on has to be kept awake, and a wise friend does it even if the sufferer complains.