चित्तात्प्रत्ययमाधत्ते स्वप्ने स्वामिव पान्थताम् । तारकाकारमाकारं भाविदेहाभिधं तथा ॥ २३ ॥
cittātpratyayamādhattē svapnē svāmiva pānthatām | tārakākāramākāraṁ bhāvidēhābhidhaṁ tathā || 23 ||
Translation
From mind it takes the conviction, as in a dream one takes oneself for a traveller: so the form of a star, and the form named the body to come.
Word by word
- cittāt
- from mind
- pratyayam
- the conviction
- ādhattē
- takes
- svapnē
- in a dream
- svām
- oneself
- iva
- as
- pānthatām
- for a traveller
- tārakā
- of a star
- ākāram
- the form
- ākāraṁ
- the form
- bhāvi
- to come
- dēha
- the body
- abhidhaṁ
- named
- tathā
- so
Meaning
The commentary: this knowledge of the subtle body and of the gross body to come is by the imagining of mind alone. As one who dreams becomes a traveller in the dream, so by mind's imagining it holds the knowledge "I am of the form of the subtle body and of the gross body to come". The traveller in a dream really travels, for the dream's sake; awareness really takes a body, for the imagining's sake.