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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.4.25

बुद्धेर्जागरणं स्वप्न: सुषुप्तिरिति चोच्यते । मायामात्रमिदं राजन् नानात्वं प्रत्यगात्मनि ॥ २५ ॥
buddher jāgaraṇaṁ svapnaḥ
[buddher jaagaranam svapnah]
suṣuptir iti cocyate
[sushuptir iti chochyate]
māyā-mātram idaṁ rājan
[maayaa-maatram idam raajan]
nānātvaṁ pratyag-ātmani
[naanaatvam pratyag-aatmani]
Word-for-word
buddheḥ — of intelligence jāgaraṇam — waking consciousness svapnaḥ — sleep suṣuptiḥ — deep sleep iti — thus ca — and ucyate — are called māyā-mātram — merely illusion idam — this rājan — O King nānātvam — the duality pratyak-ātmani — experienced by the pure soul.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
buddher jāgaraṇaṁ svapnaḥ
buddheḥ
of intelligence
jāgaraṇam
waking consciousness
svapnaḥ
sleep
suṣuptir iti cocyate
suṣuptiḥ
deep sleep
iti
thus
ca
and
ucyate
are called
māyā-mātram idaṁ rājan
māyā-mātram
merely illusion
idam
this
rājan
O King
nānātvaṁ pratyag-ātmani
nānātvam
the duality
pratyak-ātmani
experienced by the pure soul.
The three states of intelligence are called waking consciousness, sleep and deep sleep. But, my dear King, the variegated experiences created for the pure living entity by these different states are nothing more than illusion.
Purport

Pure Kṛṣṇa consciousness exists beyond the various stages of material awareness. Just as darkness vanishes in the presence of light, so illusory material intelligence, which is experienced as normal perception, dreaming and deep sleep, completely vanishes in the brilliant presence of pure Kṛṣṇa consciousness, the constitutional condition of every living entity.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
The three states of intelligence are called waking consciousness, sleep and deep sleep. But, my dear King, the variegated experiences created for the pure living entity by these different states are nothing more than illusion. The jīva has various states: waking, dream and deep sleep, which are three aspects of intelligence. These states are also false. That is explained in this verse. Waking, sleeping and deep sleep are called functions of intelligence. The variety created in the jīva (prayag-ātmani) by states of consciousness is false (māyā-mātram) since it is a covering on Brahman.
Personal Guidance
Waking, dreaming, deep sleep — all three states are still movements of intelligence, not the soul's pure being. The variegated experience of duality is maya. We are bigger than the three states we cycle through every twenty-four hours.
Reflection Questions
  • Which of the three states do I most identify with, and what does that cost me?
  • What practice connects me to the awareness that holds all three?
📝 My note

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