Tattvabodha 4.3

Tattvabodha - Verse 4.3

Sanskrit

अतः सुषुप्त्यवस्था का ? अहं किमपि न जानामि सुखेन मया निद्राऽनुभूयत इति सुषुप्त्यवस्था । कारणशरीराभिमानी आत्मा प्राज्ञ इत्युच्यते ।

Transliteration

ataḥ suṣuptyavasthā kā ? ahaṃ kimapi na jānāmi sukhena mayā nidrā’nubhūyata iti suṣuptyavasthā . kāraṇaśarīrābhimānī ātmā prājña ityucyate .

Translation

What then is the deep sleep state? That state in which one says, “I did not know anything, I experienced a happy sleep,” is the deep sleep state. The Atman identifying with the causal body is called Prājña.

Word-for-Word

ataḥ (then/hence) suṣupti-avasthā kā (what is the deep sleep state?); aham (I) kimapi (anything) na jānāmi (do not know) sukhena (happily/blissfully) mayā (by me) nidrā (sleep) anubhūyate (is/was experienced) iti (thus) suṣupti-avasthā (is the deep sleep state). kāraṇa-śarīra-abhimānī (one who identifies with the causal body) ātmā (the Self) prājñaḥ (Prajna) iti ucyate (is called).

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