यथा शयान आत्मानं विषयान् फलमेव च । अनुभुङ्क्ते ऽप्यसत्यर्थे तथाप्नोत्यबुधो भवम् ॥ ४८ ॥
yathā śayāna ātmānaṁ viṣayān phalam eva ca anubhuṅkte ’py asaty arthe tathāpnoty abudho bhavam
- yathā
- as
- śayānaḥ
- a sleeping person
- ātmānam
- himself
- viṣayān
- sense objects
- phalam
- the fruits
- eva
- indeed
- ca
- also
- anubhuṅkte
- experiences
- api
- even
- asati arthe
- in that which is not real
- tathā
- so
- āpnoti
- undergoes
- abudhaḥ
- the unintelligent
- bhavam
- material existence
As a sleeping person perceives himself, the objects of sense enjoyment and the fruits of his acts within the illusion of a dream, so one who is unintelligent undergoes material existence.