स्वप्नसङ्कल्पनाध्यानवरशापौषधादिभिः । यथार्था इह दृष्टान्तास्तद्रूपत्वाज्जगत्स्थितेः ॥ ५९ ॥
svapnasaṅkalpanādhyānavaraśāpauṣadhādibhiḥ | yathārthā iha dṛṣṭāntāstadrūpatvājjagatsthitēḥ || 59 ||
Translation
Dreams, imaginings, meditations, boons, curses, medicines and the like are fit illustrations here, since the world's existence is of that same form.
Word by word
- svapna
- dreams
- saṅkalpanā
- imaginings
- dhyāna
- meditations
- vara
- boons
- śāpa
- curses
- auṣadha
- medicines
- ādibhiḥ
- and the like
- yathārthā
- (yathārthāḥ) fit
- iha
- here
- dṛṣṭāntās
- (dṛṣṭāntāḥ) illustrations
- tad
- that
- rūpatvāj
- (rūpatvāt) of same form
- jagat
- the world’s
- sthitēḥ
- since existence is
Meaning
The commentary meets a doubt: how can the dream, of mere seeming reality, be compared with the waking world? It answers that dreams also have effects in waking: one who prays and sees in a dream a boon or a curse, or a medicine, finds its effect after waking. Dream and waking are bound together by cause and effect, so the dream is a fit illustration of the world.