अन्यसंकल्पचित्तस्था नगरश्रीरिवाऽसती । अलभ्यवस्तुपार्श्वस्थस्वप्नयुद्धचिरारवा ॥ ३५ ॥
anyasaṁkalpacittasthā nagaraśrīrivā’satī | alabhyavastupārśvasthasvapnayuddhacirāravā || 35 ||
Translation
unreal, like the splendour of a city that exists in another's imagination, like the long uproar of a battle in a dream, beside one who has nothing to gain from it,
Word by word
- anya
- of another
- saṁkalpa
- in the imagination
- citta
- in the mind
- sthā
- that exists
- nagara
- of a city
- śrīr
- (śrīḥ) the splendour
- iva
- like
- asatī
- unreal
- alabhya
- nothing to gain
- vastu
- from it
- pārśvastha
- beside one
- svapna
- in a dream
- yuddha
- of a battle
- cira
- long
- āravā
- the uproar
Meaning
The commentary: another man's dream-battle, beside someone sitting next to the dreamer, is real to the dreamer and nothing at all to the one beside him. The city another imagines cannot be visited. For the one whose delusion is calmed, the world has become like that: someone else's dream.