स्वप्नं मनोरथं चेत्थं प्राक्तनं न स्मरत्यसौ । तत्र पूर्वमिवात्मानमपूर्वम् चानुपश्यति ॥ ४१ ॥
svapnaṁ manorathaṁ cetthaṁ prāktanaṁ na smaraty asau tatra pūrvam ivātmānam apūrvam cānupaśyati
- svapnam
- a dream
- manaḥ-ratham
- a daydream
- ca
- and
- ittham
- thus
- prāktanam
- previous
- na smarati
- does not remember
- asau
- he
- tatra
- in that (present body)
- pūrvam
- the previous
- iva
- as if
- ātmānam
- himself
- apūrvam
- having no past
- ca
- and
- anupaśyati
- he views
Just as a person experiencing a dream or daydream does not remember his previous dreams or daydreams, a person situated in his present body, although having existed prior to it, thinks that he has only recently come into being.