तस्मादसदभिध्यानं यथा स्वप्नमनोरथम् । हित्वा मयि समाधत्स्व मनो मद्भावभावितम् ॥ २८ ॥
tasmād asad-abhidhyānaṁ yathā svapna-manoratham hitvā mayi samādhatsva mano mad-bhāva-bhāvitam
- tasmāt
- therefore
- asat
- material
- abhidhyānam
- processes of elevation which absorb one’s attention
- yathā
- just as
- svapna
- in a dream
- manaḥ-ratham
- mental concoction
- hitvā
- giving up
- mayi
- in Me
- samādhatsva
- completely absorb
- manaḥ
- the mind
- mat-bhāva
- by consciousness of Me
- bhāvitam
- purified
Therefore, one should reject all material processes of elevation, which are like the mental creations of a dream, and should completely absorb one’s mind in Me. By constantly thinking of Me, one becomes purified.