वितथाभिनिवेशोऽयं यद्गुणेष्वर्थदृग्वच: । यथा मनोरथ: स्वप्न: सर्वमैन्द्रियकं मृषा ॥ ४८ ॥
vitathabhiniveso ’yam yad gunesv artha-drg-vacah yatha manorathah svapnah sarvam aindriyakam mrsa
- vitatha
- fruitless
- abhinivesah
- the conception
- ayam
- this
- yat
- which
- gunesu
- in the modes of material nature
- artha
- as a fact
- drk-vacah
- the seeing and talking of
- yatha
- just as
- manorathah
- a mental concoction (daydream)
- svapnah
- a dream
- sarvam
- everything
- aindriyakam
- produced by the senses
- mrsa
- false.
It is fruitless to see and talk of the material modes of nature and their resultant so-called happiness and distress as if they were factual. When the mind wanders during the day and a man begins to think himself extremely important, or when he dreams at night and sees a beautiful woman enjoying with him, these are merely false dreams. Similarly, the happiness and distress caused by the material senses should be understood to be meaningless.