Devanagari
बुद्धेर्जागरणं स्वप्न: सुषुप्तिरिति चोच्यते ।
मायामात्रमिदं राजन् नानात्वं प्रत्यगात्मनि ॥ २५ ॥
Verse text
buddher jāgaraṇaṁ svapnaḥ
suṣuptir iti cocyate
māyā-mātram idaṁ rājan
nānātvaṁ pratyag-ātmani
Synonyms
buddheḥ
—
of intelligence
;
jāgaraṇam
—
waking consciousness
;
svapnaḥ
—
sleep
;
suṣuptiḥ
—
deep sleep
;
iti
—
thus
;
ca
—
and
;
ucyate
—
are called
;
māyā
—
mātram — merely illusion
;
idam
—
this
;
rājan
—
O King
;
nānātvam
—
the duality
;
pratyak
—
ātmani — experienced by the pure soul .
Translation
The three states of intelligence are called waking consciousness, sleep and deep sleep. But, my dear King, the variegated experiences created for the pure living entity by these different states are nothing more than illusion.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
The three states of intelligence are called waking consciousness, sleep and deep sleep. But, my dear King, the variegated experiences created for the pure living entity by these different states are nothing more than illusion.
The jīva has various states: waking, dream and deep sleep, which are three aspects of intelligence. These states are also false. That is explained in this verse. Waking, sleeping and deep sleep are called functions of intelligence. The variety created in the jīva (prayag-ātmani) by states of consciousness is false (māyā-mātram) since it is a covering on Brahman.
Purport
Pure Kṛṣṇa consciousness exists beyond the various stages of material awareness. Just as darkness vanishes in the presence of light, so illusory material intelligence, which is experienced as normal perception, dreaming and deep sleep, completely vanishes in the brilliant presence of pure Kṛṣṇa consciousness, the constitutional condition of every living entity.