मनो दृश्यमयं दोषं तनोतीमं क्षयात्मकम् । असदेव सदाकारं स्वप्नः स्वप्नान्तरं यथा ॥ ७८ ॥
manō dṛśyamayaṁ dōṣaṁ tanōtīmaṁ kṣayātmakam | asadēva sadākāraṁ svapnaḥ svapnāntaraṁ yathā || 78 ||
Translation
The mind spreads out this fault made of the seen, which is of the nature of decay, unreal yet seeming real, as a dream spreads out another dream.
Word by word
- manō
- (manaḥ) the mind
- dṛśya
- of the seen
- mayaṁ
- made
- dōṣaṁ
- fault
- tanōti
- spreads out
- imaṁ
- this
- kṣaya
- of decay
- ātmakam
- which is of the nature
- asad
- (asat) unreal
- ēva
- yet
- sad
- (sat) real
- ākāraṁ
- seeming
- svapnaḥ
- a dream
- svapna
- dream
- antaraṁ
- another
- yathā
- as
Meaning
Of the nature of decay: whatever the mind makes passes away. The dream within the dream returns from 3.3.17: one unreal thing makes another, and both seem real while they last.