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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.20.38

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
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Level
intermediate

Sarga 20 · Verse 38

Verse 38

सर्वगैकतया यस्मात् सा स्वप्ने दृष्टदर्शना । यथा स्वप्ने तथोदेति परलोकदृगादिभिः ॥ ३८ ॥

sarvagaikatayā yasmāt sā svapnē dṛṣṭadarśanā | yathā svapnē tathōdēti paralōkadṛgādibhiḥ || 38 ||

Translation

Because it is one, going everywhere, it is what sees what is seen in dream; as in dream, so it arises in the sight of the other world and the rest.

Word by word

sarvaga
going everywhere
ēkatayā
because it is one
yasmāt
because
sā
it
svapnē
in dream
dṛṣṭa
what is seen
darśanā
is what sees
yathā
as
tathā
so
udēti
it arises
paralōka
of the other world
dṛg
(dṛk) in the sight
ādibhiḥ
and the rest

Meaning

The commentary: awareness pervades all things imagined in a dream as seer and seen; when they are cancelled, it is seen as the one taste; so as it arises in dream, it arises in waking and in the world beyond.