यथा शयान: पुरुष आत्मानं गुणतत्त्वदृक् । नाममात्रेन्द्रियाभातं न वेद रहितं परम् ॥ २४ ॥ एवं त्वा नाममात्रेषु विषयेष्विन्द्रियेहया । मायया विभ्रमच्चित्तो न वेद स्मृत्युपप्लवात् ॥ २५ ॥
yathā śayānaḥ puruṣa ātmānaṁ guṇa-tattva-dṛk nāma-mātrendriyābhātaṁ na veda rahitaṁ param evaṁ tvā nāma-mātreṣu viṣayeṣv indriyehayā māyayā vibhramac-citto na veda smṛty-upaplavāt
- yathā
- as
- śayānaḥ
- sleeping
- puruṣaḥ
- a person
- ātmānam
- himself
- guṇa
- secondary
- tattva
- of reality
- dṛk
- whose vision
- nāma
- with names
- mātra
- and forms
- indriya
- through his mind
- ābhātam
- manifest
- na veda
- he does not know
- rahitam
- separate
- param
- rather
- evam
- similarly
- tvā
- You
- nāma-mātreṣu
- having names and forms
- viṣayeṣu
- in objects of material perception
- indriya
- of the senses
- īhayā
- by the activity
- māyayā
- because of the influence of Your illusory energy
- vibhramat
- becoming bewildered
- cittaḥ
- whose consciousness
- na veda
- one does not know
- smṛti
- of his memory
- upaplavāt
- due to the disruption
A sleeping person imagines an alternative reality for himself and, seeing himself as having various names and forms, forgets his waking identity, which is distinct from the dream. Similarly, the senses of one whose consciousness is bewildered by illusion perceive only the names and forms of material objects. Thus such a person loses his memory and cannot know You.