देहस्थोऽपि न देहस्थो विद्वान् स्वप्नाद् यथोत्थित: । अदेहस्थोऽपि देहस्थ: कुमति: स्वप्नदृग् यथा ॥ ८ ॥
deha-stho ’pi na deha-stho vidvān svapnād yathotthitaḥ adeha-stho ’pi deha-sthaḥ kumatiḥ svapna-dṛg yathā
- deha
- in the material body
- sthaḥ
- situated
- api
- although
- na
- not
- deha
- in the body
- sthaḥ
- situated
- vidvān
- an enlightened person
- svapnāt
- from a dream
- yathā
- just as
- utthitaḥ
- having risen
- adeha
- not in the body
- sthaḥ
- situated
- api
- although
- deha
- in the body
- sthaḥ
- situated
- ku-matiḥ
- a foolish person
- svapna
- a dream
- dṛk
- seeing
- yathā
- just as
One who is enlightened in self-realization, although living within the material body, sees himself as transcendental to the body, just as one who has arisen from a dream gives up identification with the dream body. A foolish person, however, although not identical with his material body but transcendental to it, thinks himself to be situated in the body, just as one who is dreaming sees himself as situated in an imaginary body.