जन्म त्वात्मतया पुंस: सर्वभावेन भूरिद । विषयस्वीकृतिं प्राहुर्यथा स्वप्नमनोरथ: ॥ ४० ॥
janma tv ātmatayā puṁsaḥ sarva-bhāvena bhūri-da viṣaya-svīkṛtiṁ prāhur yathā svapna-manorathaḥ
- janma
- birth
- tu
- and
- ātmatayā
- by identification with oneself
- puṁsaḥ
- of a person
- sarva-bhāvena
- completely
- bhūri-da
- O most charitable Uddhava
- viṣaya
- of the body
- svī-kṛtim
- the acceptance
- prāhuḥ
- is called
- yathā
- just as
- svapna
- a dream
- manaḥ-rathaḥ
- or a mental fantasy
O most charitable Uddhava, what is called birth is simply a person’s total identification with a new body. One accepts the new body just as one completely accepts the experience of a dream or a fantasy as reality.