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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.1.34

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
73
Verses
2878
Level
intermediate

Sarga 1 · Verse 34

Verse 34

व्युत्थाने हि समाधानात्सुषुप्तान्त इवाऽखिलम् । जगद्दुःखमिदं भाति यथास्थितमखण्डितम् ॥ ३४ ॥

vyutthānē hi samādhānātsuṣuptānta ivā’khilam | jagadduḥkhamidaṁ bhāti yathāsthitamakhaṇḍitam || 34 ||

Translation

For on coming out of trance, as on waking from deep sleep, this whole world of sorrow appears as it was, unbroken.

Word by word

vyutthānē
on coming out
hi
for
samādhānāt
of trance
suṣupta
deep sleep
anta
on waking from
iva
as
akhilam
whole
jagad
world
duḥkham
of sorrow
idaṁ
this
bhāti
appears
yathāsthitam
as it was
akhaṇḍitam
unbroken

Meaning

Verses 34 and 35 are one thought. The commentary: as after deep sleep the whole world of sorrow is found again, so when samādhi breaks, the whole world appears in the Self just as it was. A sleeper loses the world for a night and wakes to it unchanged.