यो जागरे बहिरनुक्षणधर्मिणोऽर्थान् भुङ्क्ते समस्तकरणैर्हृदि तत्सदृक्षान् । स्वप्ने सुषुप्त उपसंहरते स एक: स्मृत्यन्वयात्त्रिगुणवृत्तिदृगिन्द्रियेश: ॥ ३२ ॥
yo jāgare bahir anukṣaṇa-dharmiṇo ’rthān bhuṅkte samasta-karaṇair hṛdi tat-sadṛkṣān svapne suṣupta upasaṁharate sa ekaḥ smṛty-anvayāt tri-guṇa-vṛtti-dṛg indriyeśaḥ
- yaḥ
- the living entity who
- jāgare
- while awake
- bahiḥ
- external
- anukṣaṇa
- momentary
- dharmiṇaḥ
- qualities
- arthān
- the body and mind and their experiences
- bhuṅkte
- enjoys
- samasta
- with all
- karaṇaiḥ
- the senses
- hṛdi
- within the mind
- tat-sadṛkṣān
- experiences similar to those in wakefulness
- svapne
- in dreams
- suṣupte
- in deep dreamless sleep
- upasaṁharate
- merges into ignorance
- saḥ
- he
- ekaḥ
- one
- smṛti
- of memory
- anvayāt
- by the succession
- tri-guṇa
- of the three stages wakefulness, dream and dreamless sleep
- vṛtti
- functions
- dṛk
- seeing
- indriya
- of the senses
- īśaḥ
- becomes the lord
While awake the living entity enjoys with all of his senses the fleeting characteristics of the material body and mind; while dreaming he enjoys similar experiences within the mind; and in deep dreamless sleep all such experiences merge into ignorance. By remembering and contemplating the succession of wakefulness, dreaming and deep sleep, the living entity can understand that he is one throughout the three stages of consciousness and is transcendental. Thus, he becomes the lord of the senses.