शून्यमाकीर्णतामेति तुल्यं व्यसनमुत्सवैः । विप्रलम्भोऽपि लाभश्च मदस्वप्नादिसंविदि ॥ ५३ ॥
śūnyamākīrṇatāmēti tulyaṁ vyasanamutsavaiḥ | vipralambhō’pi lābhaśca madasvapnādisaṁvidi || 53 ||
Translation
The empty becomes crowded, sorrow is like festivals, and deception like gain, in the awareness of intoxication, dream and the like.
Word by word
- śūnyam
- the empty
- ākīrṇatām
- crowded
- ēti
- becomes
- tulyaṁ
- like
- vyasanam
- sorrow
- utsavaiḥ
- festivals
- vipralambhō
- (vipralambhaḥ) deception
- api
- and
- lābhaś
- (lābhaḥ) gain
- ca
- and
- mada
- of intoxication
- svapna
- dream
- ādi
- and the like
- saṁvidi
- in the awareness
Meaning
The commentary: not only does the unreal appear, but the real appears reversed: in intoxication and dream an empty place is full of people, grief feels like a feast, and loss like gain.