तस्मादिदं जगदशेषमसत्स्वरूपं स्वप्नाभमस्तधिषणं पुरुदु:खदु:खम् । त्वय्येव नित्यसुखबोधतनावनन्ते मायात उद्यदपि यत् सदिवावभाति ॥ २२ ॥
tasmād idaṁ jagad aśeṣam asat-svarūpaṁ svapnābham asta-dhiṣaṇaṁ puru-duḥkha-duḥkham tvayy eva nitya-sukha-bodha-tanāv anante māyāta udyad api yat sad ivāvabhāti
- tasmāt
- therefore
- idam
- this
- jagat
- cosmic manifestation
- aśeṣam
- entire
- asat-svarūpam
- whose existence is unreal in the sense of temporary
- svapna-ābham
- like a dream
- asta-dhiṣaṇam
- wherein awareness becomes covered over
- puru-duḥkha-duḥkham
- full of repeated miseries
- tvayi
- within You
- eva
- indeed
- nitya
- eternal
- sukha
- happy
- bodha
- conscious
- tanau
- whose personal appearances
- anante
- who is unlimited
- māyātaḥ
- by the illusory energy
- udyat
- coming forth
- api
- although
- yat
- which
- sat
- real
- iva
- as if
- avabhāti
- appears
Therefore this entire universe, which like a dream is by nature unreal, nevertheless appears real, and thus it covers one’s consciousness and assails one with repeated miseries. This universe appears real because it is manifested by the potency of illusion emanating from You, whose unlimited transcendental forms are full of eternal happiness and knowledge.