मृतो जातोऽहमन्यो मे पितेति स्वप्नतास्विव । अभुक्तस्यैव भोगस्य भुक्तधीरुपजायते । भुक्तेऽप्यभुक्तधीर्दृष्टमित्यलङ्कितवादिषु ॥ ५२ ॥
mṛtō jātō’hamanyō mē pitēti svapnatāsviva | abhuktasyaiva bhōgasya bhuktadhīrupajāyatē | bhuktē’pyabhuktadhīrdṛṣṭamityalaṅkitavādiṣu || 52 ||
Translation
"I died; I was born; another is my father", as in dreams; of a pleasure not enjoyed the thought "enjoyed" arises; and of one enjoyed, "not enjoyed", is seen among the deluded.
Word by word
- mṛtō
- (mṛtaḥ) died
- jātō
- (jātaḥ) born
- aham
- I
- anyō
- (anyaḥ) another
- mē
- my
- pitā
- father
- iti
- thus
- svapnatāsu
- in dreams
- iva
- as
- abhuktasya
- not enjoyed
- ēva
- just
- bhōgasya
- of a pleasure
- bhukta
- enjoyed
- dhīr
- (dhīḥ) the thought
- upajāyatē
- arises
- bhuktē
- of one enjoyed
- api
- and
- abhukta
- not enjoyed
- dṛṣṭam
- is seen
- alaṅkita
- among the deluded
- vādiṣu
- speakers
Meaning
A verse of three half-lines. The commentary: as in a moment's dream, "I died, I was born, my father is another"; the thought "I have enjoyed this" arises of what was never enjoyed, and "I have not" of what was, among the deluded.