यथा स्वप्नपरिज्ञानात् स्वप्नदेहः प्रशाम्यति । वासनातानवात् तद्वज्जाग्रद्देहोऽपि शाम्यति ॥ २ ॥
yathā svapnaparijñānāt svapnadēhaḥ praśāmyati | vāsanātānavāt tadvajjāgraddēhō’pi śāmyati || 2 ||
Translation
As through knowing a dream for a dream the dream body is stilled, so, through the thinning of the latent tendencies, the waking body too is stilled.
Word by word
- yathā
- as
- svapna
- a dream
- parijñānāt
- through knowing
- dēhaḥ
- body
- praśāmyati
- is stilled
- vāsanā
- of the latent tendencies
- tānavāt
- through the thinning
- tadvaj
- (tadvat) so
- jāgrad
- (jāgrat) the waking
- dēhō
- (dehaḥ) body
- api
- too
- śāmyati
- is stilled
Meaning
The commentary: as the dream body vanishes with knowing the dream, so with the wearing away of tendencies the waking, gross body too is stilled, it is gone. "Stilled" is the right word: the body is not destroyed by force; what held it in place as gross, the tendency, quiets, and its grossness goes with it.