यथा स्वप्नपुरं स्वच्छं जाग्रत्पुरवरं प्रति । तथा जगदिदं स्वच्छं साङ्कल्पिकजगत्प्रति ॥ १२ ॥
yathā svapnapuraṁ svacchaṁ jāgratpuravaraṁ prati | tathā jagadidaṁ svacchaṁ sāṅkalpikajagatprati || 12 ||
Translation
As a city of dream is clear beside a fine waking city, so this world is clear beside a world of fancy.
Word by word
- yathā
- as
- svapna
- of dream
- puraṁ
- a city
- svacchaṁ
- clear
- jāgrat
- waking
- puravaraṁ
- a fine city
- prati
- beside
- tathā
- so
- jagad
- (jagat) world
- idaṁ
- this
- sāṅkalpika
- of fancy
- jagat
- a world
Meaning
The commentary meets the doubt how the seen, so impure, can be the utterly clear pure awareness: its impurity is felt only while it appears; when it is withdrawn, of impurity and clearness only clearness remains. As a dream city is clear, insubstantial, beside a fine waking city, so this waking world too is clear beside the world made by fancy or dream: its seeming dirt lasts only while it is seen.