अर्थे ह्यविद्यमानेऽपि संसृतिर्न निवर्तते । ध्यायतो विषयानस्य स्वप्नेऽनर्थागमो यथा ॥ १३ ॥
arthe hy avidyamāne ’pi saṁsṛtir na nivartate dhyāyato viṣayān asya svapne ’narthāgamo yathā
- arthe
- real cause
- hi
- certainly
- avidyamāne
- not existing
- api
- although
- saṁsṛtiḥ
- the material existential condition
- na
- not
- nivartate
- does cease
- dhyāyataḥ
- contemplating
- viṣayān
- objects of the senses
- asya
- of the living entity
- svapne
- in a dream
- anartha
- of disadvantages
- āgamaḥ
- arrival
- yathā
- like
Actually, the living entity is transcendental to material existence. But because of his mentality of lording it over material nature, his material existential condition does not cease, and, just as in a dream, he is affected by all sorts of disadvantages.