स्यात्सादृश्यभ्रमस्तावद्विकल्पे सति वस्तुन: । जाग्रत्स्वापौ यथा स्वप्ने तथा विधिनिषेधता ॥ ६१ ॥
syat sadrsya-bhramas tavad vikalpe sati vastunah jagrat-svapau yatha svapne tatha vidhi-nisedhata
- syat
- it so becomes
- sadrsya
- similarity
- bhramah
- mistake
- tavat
- as long as
- vikalpe
- in separation
- sati
- the part
- vastunah
- from the substance
- jagrat
- waking
- svapau
- sleeping
- yatha
- as
- svapne
- in a dream
- tatha
- similarly
- vidhi-nisedhata
- the regulative principles, consisting of injunctions and prohibitions.
When a substance and its parts are separated, the acceptance of similarity between one and the other is called illusion. While dreaming, one creates a separation between the existences called wakefulness and sleep. It is in such a state of mind that the regulative principles of the scriptures, consisting of injunctions and prohibitions, are recommended.