स्वप्नसङ्कल्पनाध्याननगराद्युपमं जगत् । यतस्त एव दृष्टान्तास्तस्मात्सन्तीह नेतरे ॥ ६२ ॥
svapnasaṅkalpanādhyānanagarādyupamaṁ jagat | yatasta ēva dṛṣṭāntāstasmātsantīha nētarē || 62 ||
Translation
Since the world is like a dream, an imagining, a city of meditation and the like, those alone are the illustrations here, and no others.
Word by word
- svapna
- a dream
- saṅkalpanā
- an imagining
- dhyāna
- of meditation
- nagara
- a city
- ādi
- and the like
- upamaṁ
- like
- jagat
- the world
- yatas
- (yataḥ) since
- ta
- (te) those
- ēva
- alone
- dṛṣṭāntās
- (dṛṣṭāntāḥ) the illustrations
- tasmāt
- therefore
- santi
- are
- iha
- here
- na
- no
- itarē
- others
Meaning
The commentary simply says: because the world is like the cities made by dream, wish and meditation, those are the illustrations given here. The choice of examples follows from what the world is.