ब्रह्माण्डात् परिनिर्गत्य स्वगृहे स्थितिमाययौ । स्वप्नात् स्वप्नान्तरं प्राप्य यथा तल्पगतः पुमान् ॥ ८ ॥
brahmāṇḍāt parinirgatya svagṛhē sthitimāyayau | svapnāt svapnāntaraṁ prāpya yathā talpagataḥ pumān || 8 ||
Translation
going out of the world-egg, she came to stand in her own house, as a man lying in bed passes from one dream into another.
Word by word
- brahmāṇḍāt
- of the world-egg
- parinirgatya
- going out
- sva
- own
- gṛhē
- in her house
- sthitim
- to stand
- āyayau
- she came
- svapnāt
- from one dream
- svapnāntaraṁ
- into another
- prāpya
- passes
- yathā
- as
- talpa
- in bed
- gataḥ
- lying
- pumān
- a man
Meaning
The simile settles the question. One does not break through a wall to pass from dream to dream.