स्वप्नाभत्वं च जगतः श्रुते शास्त्रेऽवबोध्यते । शीघ्रं न पार्यते वक्तुं वाक्किल क्रमवर्तिनी ॥ ६१ ॥
svapnābhatvaṁ ca jagataḥ śrutē śāstrē’vabōdhyatē | śīghraṁ na pāryatē vaktuṁ vākkila kramavartinī || 61 ||
Translation
That the world is like a dream is made known when the work has been heard. It cannot be said quickly, for speech moves in order.
Word by word
- svapna
- a dream
- ābhatvaṁ
- being like
- ca
- and
- jagataḥ
- that the world
- śrutē
- when has been heard
- śāstrē
- the work
- avabōdhyatē
- is made known
- śīghraṁ
- quickly
- na
- not
- pāryatē
- can
- vaktuṁ
- be said
- vāk
- speech
- kila
- indeed
- krama
- in order
- vartinī
- moves
Meaning
The commentary meets an objection: if the world is like a dream, why do the hearers not grasp it at once? Because the impression of the teaching has not yet formed, and the world still seems true. Speech can only say one thing after another, so the understanding comes with the whole.