अस्वप्नाया अनन्ताया अजडाया मनःस्थितेः । यद्रूपं चिरनिद्रायास्तत्तदाऽनघ शिष्यते ॥ ४३ ॥
asvapnāyā anantāyā ajaḍāyā manaḥsthitēḥ | yadrūpaṁ ciranidrāyāstattadā’nagha śiṣyatē || 43 ||
Translation
The form of a long sleep, dreamless, unbroken, not dull, a resting of the mind: that, sinless one, is what then remains.
Word by word
- asvapnāyā
- dreamless
- anantāyā
- unbroken
- ajaḍāyā
- not dull
- manaḥ
- of the mind
- sthitēḥ
- a resting
- yad
- (yat) which
- rūpaṁ
- the form
- cira
- long
- nidrāyās
- (nidrāyāḥ) of a sleep
- tat
- that
- tadā
- then
- anagha
- sinless one
- śiṣyatē
- remains
Meaning
The commentary: now the form is shown as it would come within the experience even of those who have not practised yoga. O sinless one, a deep sleep in which no dream is seen, which is not broken from time to time by mosquitoes, bugs and the like, which gives the mind rest, and which is free of the dullness of the mind that sleep is: the form of that sleep is the form of the Supreme Self that remains at the dissolution. The word "not dull" (ajaḍa) is the key. Ordinary deep sleep is rest in ignorance; this is the same rest with the dullness taken away, so that only the peace is left.