यथा स्वप्ने यथा दीर्घकालध्याने यथा भ्रमे । यथा च सति सङ्कल्पे यथा गन्धर्वपत्तने ॥ ५५ ॥
yathā svapnē yathā dīrghakāladhyānē yathā bhramē | yathā ca sati saṅkalpē yathā gandharvapattanē || 55 ||
Translation
As in a dream, as in long meditation, as in error, as when one sets one's will, as in a city of the gandharvas:
Word by word
- yathā
- as
- svapnē
- in a dream
- dīrgha
- long
- kāla
- time
- dhyānē
- in meditation
- bhramē
- in error
- ca
- and
- sati
- when
- saṅkalpē
- one sets one's will
- gandharva
- of the gandharvas
- pattanē
- in a city
Meaning
Another commentary: as in dream, in long meditation, in error, in fancy and in a city of the gandharvas the latent tendency is fine and thin. These are the familiar states in which a body is plainly of mind; the next verse completes the sentence.