Gaudapada's   Karika   on   the  Mandukya  Upanishad
ALATASANTI   PRAKARANA(contd).    
ywa   Svße   Öya-as<   icÄ<   clit   mayya   ,
twa   ja¢dœÖya-as<   icÄ<   clit   mayya    .   61   .
 

yTa

as

Þvp"E

in dream

¹yaBas|

as though having dual aspects

¢cäO|

consciousness

cl¢t

vibrates

mayya

through Maya

tTa	just like that

jag#t¯

in the waking state

¹yaBas|

as if possessed of two facets

¢cäO|

consciousness

cl¢t

vibrates

mayya

through Maya

 
4.61   Through   ignorance   the   mind   thinks   and   acts   in   terms   of   illusory   duality   in   the   dream   state;   so   too   it   is  in   the   waking   state.
 
AÖy<   c   Öya-as<   icÄ<   Svße   n   s<zy> ,
AÖy<   c   Öya-as<   twa   ja¢Ú   s<zy>    .  62 .
 

A¹y|	non-duality

c

and

¹yaBas|

appearing to have two aspects

¢cäO|

consciousness

Þvp"E

in dream

n

no

s|Sy:

doubt

A¹y|	non-duality

c

and

¹yaBas|

as though with two facets

tTa	just like that

jag#t¯

in the waking state

n

no

s|Sy:

doubt

 
4.62 Creating   subject   and   object   in   both   the   dream   and   waking   states,   the   mind   creates   experience   resting   in  duality,   which   you   do   not   doubt.  
Sv߆kœ àcrn! Svße id]u vE dzsu  iSwtan!   ,
A{fjan!  Svedjan! va=ip jIvan! pZyit yan! sda  . 63 .
 

Þvp"k

a dreamer

p#crn¯

while moving

Þvp"E

in the dream

¢dX¤	in the directions

vW

surely

dSs¤	in all the ten

¢ÞTtan¯

existing

AÎfjan¯

born from eggs

ÞvEdjan¯

born from dampness

va

or

A¢p

also

j£van¯

beings

pÜy¢t

sees

yan¯

which

sda

always

 
4.63   Everywhere   that   a   person   goes   in   his   dreams, he observes   living   forms   all   around   him, which   have   arisen   from   eggs   and   dampness.
 
Sv߆iKcĆZyaSte   n   iv*Nte   tt>   p&wkœ     ,
twa   tdœ†Zymeved<   Sv߆iKcÄim:yte     .   64 .
 

Þvp"k

a dreamer

¢cäOÜya:

objects of perception to consciousness

tE

they

n

not

¢vïÓtE

exist

tt:	from the consciousness

p¦Tk	separately

tTa

similarly

tt¯

that

Üym¯	experience

ev

only

id|

this

Þvp"k

seer of a dream

¢cäOm¯

consciousness

iÝytE

is admitted

4.64   The   things   that   are   seen   in   dreams   are   part   of   his    mind,   which   is   also   part   of   him,   and   these   are   not  separate   entities.
   
crÃagirte   ja¢iÎ]u   vE   dzsu   iSwtan!      ,
A{fjan! Svedjan!  va=ip  jIvaNpZyit yaNsda .  65  .
 

crn¯	while roaming

jag¢rtE

in the waking state

jag#t¯

wakeful

¢dX¤	in the directions

vW

surely

dSs¤	in all the ten

¢ÞTtan¯

existing

AÎfjan¯

born from eggs

ÞvEdjan¯

born from moisture

va

or

A¢p

also

j£van¯

beings

pÜy¢t

sees

yan¯

which

sda

ever

 
ja¢i½Äe][IyaSte   n   iv*Nte   tt>   p&wkœ    ,
twa   tdœ†Zymeved<   ja¢tiíÄim:yte   .  66 .
 

jag#t¯

of the waking state

¢cäOEXN£ya:

objects of perception to consciousness

tE

they

n

not

¢vïÓtE

exists

tt:

from that

p¦Tk

different

tTa

similarly

tt¯

that

Üym¯	experience

ev

only

id|

this

jag#t:

of the awakened

¢cäOm¯

consciousness

iÝytE

is admitted

 
4.65-66   A   person   in   the   waking   state   sees   beings   through   his    own   mind,   and   hence   they   exist   only   in   his   own   mind.   Nor    is   the   mind   itself   that   is   so   perceived   separate   from    himself.  
%-e   ýNyaeNy†Zye   te   ik<   tdStIit   naeCyte    ,
l][azUNymu-y<   tNmtenEv   g&ýte                .  67  .

uBE

both

¢h

certainly

AÓyaEÓyÜyE

objects of perfection to each other

tE

they

¢k|

what

tt¯

that

A¢Þt

exist

i¢t

thus

n

not

uÅytE

said

lXNaS¥Óym¯

without valid proof

uBy|

both

tÓmtEn

when they are together

ev

merely

g¦/tE

perceived

4. 67   The   mind   and   the   objects   perceived   by   it   are    interdependent.   Without   one,   the   other   does   not   exist.    Neither   exists   independently   ,for   there   is   no   proof   of   their   existence.
 
ywa   Svßmyae   jIvae   jayte   ièyte=ip   c           ,
twa   jIva   AmI   svˆR   -viNt   n   -viNt   c . 68 .

yTa

as

Þvp"my:

seen in the dream

j£v:

being

jaytE

takes birth

¢m#ytE

dies

A¢p

also

c

and

tTa

so also

j£va:

beings

Am£

these

svI

all

Bv¢Ót

exist

n

not

Bv¢Ót

exist

c

and

4.68   You   see   people   being   born   or   dying   in   your   waking   state    exactly   as   you   see   them   being   born   or   dying   in   your   dreams.
 
ywa   mayamyae   jIvae   jayte   ièyte=ip   c    ,
twa  jIva  AmI  svˆR  -viNt  n  -viNt  c   .   69 .

yTa

as

mayamy:

created by magic

j£v:

being

jaytE

takes birth

¢m#ytE

dies

A¢p

and

c

and

tTa

so

j£va:

beings

Am£

these

svI

all

Bv¢Ót

exist

n

not

Bv¢Ót

exist

c

and

 
4.69   You   see   people   being   born   or   dying   in   your   waking    state,   exactly   as   you   see   them   in   the   illusions   of   a magic   show.
 
ywa inimRtkae  jIvae jayte  ièyte=ip va      ,
tTa   j£va   Am£   svI Bv¢Ót n  Bv¢Ót  c  ¡ 70  ¡  

yTa

as

¢n¢mItk:

artificially created

j£v:

being

jaytE

takes birth

¢m#ytE

dies

A¢p

and

va

or

tTa

so

j£va

beings

Am£

these

svI

all

Bv¢Ót

exist

n

not

Bv¢Ót

exist

c

and

   
4.70   You   see   people   being   born   or   dying   in   your   waking    state   just   as   you   see   things   artificially   being created   or   destroyed.  
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