यदिदं दृश्यते सर्वं जगत्स्थावरजङ्गमम् । तत्सुषुप्ताविव स्वप्नः कल्पान्ते प्रविनश्यति ॥ १० ॥
yadidaṁ dṛśyatē sarvaṁ jagatsthāvarajaṅgamam | tatsuṣuptāviva svapnaḥ kalpāntē pravinaśyati || 10 ||
Translation
All this world that is seen, the moving and the unmoving, perishes at the end of the age, as a dream in deep sleep.
Word by word
- yad
- that
- idaṁ
- this
- dṛśyatē
- is seen
- sarvaṁ
- all
- jagat
- world
- sthāvara
- the unmoving
- jaṅgamam
- and the moving
- tat
- it
- suṣuptau
- in deep sleep
- iva
- as
- svapnaḥ
- a dream
- kalpa
- of the age
- antē
- at the end
- pravinaśyati
- perishes
Meaning
The brief account begins with the end, to show what remains. The commentary: to describe the Self that remains, Vasiṣṭha first tells how the former creation is dissolved into its cause, with an illustration. The whole world, moving and still, vanishes at the dissolution as a dream vanishes in deep sleep. The dream does not go anywhere; it simply is no longer there.