सर्वदैव प्रबुद्धो यः सुप्तो यः सर्वदैव च । न सुप्तो न प्रबुद्धश्च यः सर्वत्रैव सर्वदा ॥ ६१ ॥
sarvadaiva prabuddhō yaḥ suptō yaḥ sarvadaiva ca | na suptō na prabuddhaśca yaḥ sarvatraiva sarvadā || 61 ||
Translation
Who is ever awake, who is ever asleep, and who is neither asleep nor awake, everywhere and always.
Word by word
- sarvadā
- ever
- ēva
- indeed
- prabuddhō
- awake
- yaḥ
- who
- suptō
- asleep
- na
- neither
- ca
- and
- sarvatra
- everywhere
Meaning
Waking and sleep return from v. 7. He is awake as the light in which all appears; asleep, as untouched by any of it; and he is neither, because both are states, and he is not a state but the one in whom states come and go.