यथा शयान: पुरुषो मनसैवात्ममायया । सृष्ट्वा लोकं परं स्वाप्नमनुविश्यावभासते ॥ ४५ ॥
yathā śayānaḥ puruṣo manasaivātma-māyayā sṛṣṭvā lokaṁ paraṁ svāpnam anuviśyāvabhāsate
- yathā
- as
- śayānaḥ
- sleeping
- puruṣaḥ
- a person
- manasā
- with his mind
- eva
- alone
- ātma
- own
- māyayā
- by his imagination
- sṛṣṭvā
- creating
- lokam
- a world
- param
- separate
- svāpnam
- dream
- anuviśya
- entering
- avabhāsate
- he appears
The Lord is like a sleeping person who creates a separate world in his imagination and then enters his own dream and sees himself within it.