स्वप्ने निर्वासनाबीजे यथोदेति सुषुप्तता । जाग्रत्यवासनाबीजे तथोदेति विमुक्तता ॥ ४ ॥
svapnē nirvāsanābījē yathōdēti suṣuptatā | jāgratyavāsanābījē tathōdēti vimuktatā || 4 ||
Translation
As in dream, when the seed of tendency is gone, deep sleep dawns, so in waking, when the seed of tendency is gone, freedom dawns.
Word by word
- svapnē
- in dream
- nirvāsanā
- gone of tendency
- bījē
- when the seed
- yathā
- as
- udēti
- dawns
- suṣuptatā
- deep sleep
- jāgratya
- (jāgrati) in waking
- avāsanā
- gone of tendency
- tathā
- so
- vimuktatā
- freedom
Meaning
The commentary: so long as there is tendency in the dream, deep sleep does not appear; when the dream is free of the seed of tendency, deep sleep dawns. So in waking: when it is free of the seed of tendency, release dawns. The parallel is close: in both, what ends the restless state is not a new effort but the absence of what fed it.