स्वयमस्तं गते बाह्ये स्वज्ञानादुदिता चितिः । स्वयं जडेषु जाड्येन पदं सौषुप्तमागता ॥ ६७ ॥
svayamastaṁ gatē bāhyē svajñānāduditā citiḥ | svayaṁ jaḍēṣu jāḍyēna padaṁ sauṣuptamāgatā || 67 ||
Translation
When the outer has set, awareness, risen from its own knowledge, stands of itself; and of itself, in insentient things, through dullness, it has reached the state of deep sleep.
Word by word
- svayam
- of itself
- astaṁ
- set
- gatē
- when (it) has
- bāhyē
- the outer
- sva
- its own
- jñānād
- (jñānāt) from knowledge
- uditā
- risen
- citiḥ
- awareness
- svayaṁ
- of itself
- jaḍēṣu
- in insentient things
- jāḍyēna
- through dullness
- padaṁ
- the state
- sauṣuptam
- of deep sleep
- āgatā
- has reached
Meaning
The commentary: awareness itself, by its own knowledge, when the seen world is destroyed, stands having reached its full state; and itself, through dullness, taking itself as unmoving things and the like, reaches the state of deep sleep, ignorance. A stone is awareness asleep.