सङ्कल्पस्वप्नयोर्येषां यत्र संकथनं मिथः । यथेहाऽर्थक्रियां धत्ते तयोः सा संकथा तथा ॥ ४ ॥
saṅkalpasvapnayōryēṣāṁ yatra saṁkathanaṁ mithaḥ | yathēhā’rthakriyāṁ dhattē tayōḥ sā saṁkathā tathā || 4 ||
Translation
As, between those whose fancy or dream is shared, a conversation together brings about real effects here, so did the talk of those two.
Word by word
- saṅkalpa
- of fancy
- svapnayōr
- (svapnayoḥ) or dream
- yēṣāṁ
- of those whose
- yatra
- where
- saṁkathanaṁ
- a conversation
- mithaḥ
- together
- yathā
- as
- iha
- here
- artha
- real
- kriyāṁ
- effects
- dhattē
- brings about
- tayōḥ
- of those two
- sā
- that
- saṁkathā
- talk
- tathā
- so
Meaning
Another commentary gives the example of Uṣā and Aniruddha, who met in a dream and later in waking: a dream shared by two can bear fruit. So the two women can talk with no bodies at all.