प्रक्षीणवासना निद्रा तुर्यशब्देन कथ्यते । जाग्रत्यपि भवत्येव विदिते परमे पदे ॥ ७ ॥
prakṣīṇavāsanā nidrā turyaśabdēna kathyatē | jāgratyapi bhavatyēva viditē paramē padē || 7 ||
Translation
Sleep in which the tendencies have wholly worn away is called by the word "the fourth"; it comes in waking too, when the highest state is known.
Word by word
- prakṣīṇa
- have wholly worn away
- vāsanā
- in which the tendencies
- nidrā
- sleep
- turya
- the fourth
- śabdēna
- by the word
- kathyatē
- is called
- jāgratya
- (jāgrati) in waking
- api
- too
- bhavatya
- (bhavati) comes
- ēva
- just
- viditē
- when is known
- paramē
- the highest
- padē
- state
Meaning
The commentary: the sleep in which tendencies are wholly destroyed is called the fourth, turya; it is found in waking too, when the highest state is known. The fourth is not a fourth place beside waking, dream and deep sleep, but the state in which the tendencies are gone, whatever the others are doing.