Shloka 28

Adhyaya 75: Nishkala–Sakala Shiva, Twofold Linga, and the Supremacy of Dhyana-Yajna

Devanagari script

स्वप्ने च विपुलान् भोगान् भुक्त्वा मर्त्यः सुखी भवेत् दुःखी च भोगं दुःखं च नानुभूतं विचारतः

Transliteration

svapne ca vipulān bhogān bhuktvā martyaḥ sukhī bhavet duḥkhī ca bhogaṃ duḥkhaṃ ca nānubhūtaṃ vicārataḥ

Translation

स्वप्न में भी बहुत-से भोग भोगकर मनुष्य सुखी हो जाता है, और दुःख भी अनुभव करता है। पर विवेक से जानता है कि न भोग सचमुच भोगा गया, न दुःख वास्तव में अनुभूत हुआ।

Word by Word

• स्वप्ने: in a dream

• च: and

• विपुलान्: abundant, extensive

• भोगान्: enjoyments, sense-pleasures

• भुक्त्वा: having experienced/consumed

• मर्त्यः: a mortal, embodied being (pashu)

• सुखी: happy

• भवेत्: may become

• दुःखी: sorrowful

• च: and

• भोगम्: enjoyment/experience

• दुःखम्: pain/suffering

• च: and

• न: not

• अनुभूतम्: truly experienced, realized as fact

• विचारतः: upon reflection/discrimination (viveka)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the teaching context to the sages at Naimisharanya)