तद्यथा महामत्स्य उभे कूलेऽनुसञ्चरति पूर्वं चापरं चैवमेवायं पुरुष एतावुभावन्तावनुसञ्चरति स्वप्नान्तं च बुद्धान्तं च ॥ अन्तौ अनुसञ्चरति स्वप्नान्तम् च बुद्धान्तम् च
tadyathā mahāmatsya ubhe kūle'nusañcarati pūrvaṃ cāparaṃ caivamevāyaṃ puruṣa etāvubhāvantāvanusañcarati svapnāntaṃ ca buddhāntaṃ ca || antau anusañcarati svapnāntam ca buddhāntam ca
अर्थMeaning
'In fact, as a large fish moves along the two banks of a river, the right and the left, so does that person move along these two states, the state of sleeping and the state of waking.
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
व्याख्याVyakhya
'जैसे कोई बड़ी मछली (नदी के) दोनों किनारों पर, इस पार और उस पार, आती-जाती है, वैसे ही यह पुरुष इन दोनों अवस्थाओं में, स्वप्न और जाग्रत में, आता-जाता है।'
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