स्थितमेवाऽस्तमायाति जगद् दृश्यं विचारणात् । यथा स्वप्ने परिज्ञाते स्वप्नादावेव भावना ॥ ११ ॥
sthitamēvā’stamāyāti jagad dṛśyaṁ vicāraṇāt | yathā svapnē parijñātē svapnādāvēva bhāvanā || 11 ||
Translation
By inquiry, the seen world sets even as it stands, as, when a dream is known for a dream, the feeling that it is real goes, even at the dream's beginning.
Word by word
- sthitam
- as it stands
- ēva
- even
- astam
- setting
- āyāti
- comes to
- jagad
- (jagat) world
- dṛśyaṁ
- the seen
- vicāraṇāt
- by inquiry
- yathā
- as
- svapnē
- a dream
- parijñātē
- when known
- svapna
- of the dream
- ādau
- at the beginning
- bhāvanā
- the feeling
Meaning
The commentary: as in a dream, while the dream is still going on, the knowledge "this is a dream" ends the sense that it is real, so by inquiry into this scripture the seen world, just as it stands, sets. The world is not abolished; its claim to be real is. One can wake within the dream, and the dream goes on, seen through.