पुत्रदाराप्तबन्धूनां सङ्गम: पान्थसङ्गम: । अनुदेहं वियन्त्येते स्वप्नो निद्रानुगो यथा ॥ ५३ ॥
putra-dārāpta-bandhūnāṁ saṅgamaḥ pāntha-saṅgamaḥ anu-dehaṁ viyanty ete svapno nidrānugo yathā
- putra
- of children
- dāra
- wife
- āpta
- relatives
- bandhūnām
- and friends
- saṅgamaḥ
- the association, living together
- pāntha
- of travelers
- saṅgamaḥ
- association
- anu-deham
- with each change of body
- viyanti
- they are separated
- ete
- all these
- svapnaḥ
- a dream
- nidrā
- in sleep
- anugaḥ
- occurring
- yathā
- just as
The association of children, wife, relatives and friends is just like the brief meeting of travelers. With each change of body one is separated from all such associates, just as one loses the objects one possesses in a dream when the dream is over.