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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.28.32

यदि स्म पश्यत्यसदिन्द्रियार्थं नानानुमानेन विरुद्धमन्यत् । न मन्यते वस्तुतया मनीषी स्वाप्नं यथोत्थाय तिरोदधानम् ॥ ३२ ॥
yadi sma paśyaty asad-indriyārthaṁ
[yadi sma pashyaty asad-indriyaartham]
nānānumānena viruddham anyat
[naanaanumaanena viruddham anyat]
na manyate vastutayā manīṣī
[na manyate vastutayaa maneeshee]
svāpnaṁ yathotthāya tirodadhānam
[svaapnam yathotthaaya tirodadhaanam]
Word-for-word
yadi — if sma — ever paśyati — he sees asat — impure indriya-artham — sense objects nānā — of their being based on duality anumānena — by the logical inference viruddham — refuted anyat — separate from true reality na manyate — does not accept vastutayā — as real manīṣī — the intelligent man svāpnam — of a dream yathā — as if utthāya — waking tirodadhānam — which is in the process of disappearing.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
yadi sma paśyaty asad-indriyārthaṁ
yadi
if
sma
ever
paśyati
he sees
asat
impure
indriya-artham
sense objects
nānānumānena viruddham anyat
nānā
of their being based on duality
anumānena
by the logical inference
viruddham
refuted
anyat
separate from true reality
na manyate vastutayā manīṣī
na manyate
does not accept
vastutayā
as real
manīṣī
the intelligent man
svāpnaṁ yathotthāya tirodadhānam
svāpnam
of a dream
yathā
as if
utthāya
waking
tirodadhānam
which is in the process of disappearing.
Although a self-realized soul may sometimes see an impure object or activity, he does not accept it as real. By logically understanding impure sense objects to be based on illusory material duality, the intelligent person sees them to be contrary to and distinct from reality, in the same way that a man awakening from sleep views his fading dream.
Purport

A sane person can clearly distinguish between a dream experience and his real life. Similarly a manīṣī, or intelligent person, can clearly perceive polluted material sense objects to be creations of the Lord’s illusory energy and not factual reality. This is the practical test of realized intelligence.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Although a self-realized soul may sometimes see material objects, he does not accept them as real because he destroys them by the understanding that they are not different from their cause. The intelligent person considers nothing except ātmā to be real, in the same way that a man awakening from sleep does not consider dream objects to be real since they fade away. Moreover, if sometimes when breaking samādhi, he sees material sense objects, he makes them false by thinking that the effect is not different from the cause, just as cloth is not different from its threads. The wise man does not consider anything except ātmā to be real just as, waking from a dream, a person does not consider the dream objects which appeared by impressions to be real, since those objects disappear on their own.
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Personal Guidance
A self-realized soul, even on seeing impure objects, doesn't accept them as real; he sees them as illusory duality, distinct from himself. Vision filters perception.
Reflection Questions
  • When impurity crosses my path, do I take it as real or as appearance?
  • How might my response change?
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