अर्थे ह्यविद्यमानेऽपि संसृतिर्न निवर्तते । ध्यायतो विषयानस्य स्वप्नेऽनर्थागमो यथा ॥ ५६ ॥
arthe hy avidyamāne ’pi saṁsṛtir na nivartate dhyāyato viṣayān asya svapne ’narthāgamo yathā
- arthe
- in truth
- hi
- certainly
- avidyamāne
- not existing
- api
- even though
- saṁsṛtiḥ
- material existence
- na nivartate
- does not stop
- dhyāyataḥ
- who is meditating
- viṣayān
- on the objects of sense gratification
- asya
- for him
- svapne
- in a dream
- anartha
- of unwanted things
- āgamaḥ
- the coming
- yathā
- just as
For one who is meditating on sense gratification, material life, although lacking factual existence, does not go away, just as the unpleasant experiences of a dream do not.