अवस्तु पूर्वापरयोर्वर्तमाने विचारितम् । यथा जाग्रत्तथा स्वप्नः सिद्धमाबालमागतम् ॥ ५८ ॥
avastu pūrvāparayōrvartamānē vicāritam | yathā jāgrattathā svapnaḥ siddhamābālamāgatam || 58 ||
Translation
What is unreal before and after is, when examined, unreal in the present too. As waking, so dreaming: this is plain even to a child.
Word by word
- avastu
- unreal
- pūrva
- before
- aparayōr
- (aparayoḥ) and after
- vartamānē
- in the present
- vicāritam
- when examined
- yathā
- as
- jāgrat
- waking
- tathā
- so
- svapnaḥ
- dreaming
- siddham
- plain
- ābālam
- even to a child
- āgatam
- is
Meaning
The commentary: what is unreal before its arising and after its ending is found, when examined, to be unreal now too; so waking and dream things are alike in their unreality. A dream's unreality is known even to children. The verse asks the reader to apply the same test to waking.