स्वप्नसम्भ्रमसङ्कल्पस्वानुभूतिपरम्पराः । प्रमाणान्यत्र मुख्यानि संबोधाय प्रदीपवत् ॥ २२ ॥
svapnasambhramasaṅkalpasvānubhūtiparamparāḥ | pramāṇānyatra mukhyāni saṁbōdhāya pradīpavat || 22 ||
Translation
The chain of dream, bewilderment, fancy and one's own experience: these are the chief proofs here, for understanding, like a lamp.
Word by word
- svapna
- dream
- sambhrama
- bewilderment
- saṅkalpa
- fancy
- sva
- one’s own
- anubhūti
- experience
- paramparāḥ
- the chain
- pramāṇāni
- proofs
- atra
- here
- mukhyāni
- chief
- saṁbōdhāya
- for understanding
- pradīpa
- a lamp
- vat
- like
Meaning
The commentary: dream, confusion, fancy and the line of one's own experience are the chief proofs, like a lamp, for being sure that the world is false and for knowing the Self. The Yoga Vāsiṣṭha's evidence is experience, not scripture alone: everyone has dreamed.