अर्थे ह्यविद्यमानेऽपि संसृतिर्न निवर्तते । ध्यायतो विषयानस्य स्वप्नेऽनर्थागमो यथा ॥ ४ ॥
arthe hy avidyamane ’pi samsrtir na nivartate dhyayato visayan asya svapne ’narthagamo yatha
- arthe
- real cause
- hi
- certainly
- avidyamane
- not existing
- api
- although
- samsrtih
- the material existential condition
- na
- not
- nivartate
- does cease
- dhyayatah
- contemplating
- visayan
- objects of the senses
- asya
- of the living entity
- svapne
- in a dream
- anartha
- of disadvantages
- agamah
- arrival
- yatha
- like.
Actually a 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.