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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.15.62

भावाद्वैतं क्रियाद्वैतं द्रव्याद्वैतं तथात्मन: । वर्तयन्स्वानुभूत्येह त्रीन्स्वप्नान्धुनुते मुनि: ॥ ६२ ॥
bhāvādvaitaṁ kriyādvaitaṁ
[bhaavaadvaitam kriyaadvaitam]
dravyādvaitaṁ tathātmanaḥ
[dravyaadvaitam tathaatmanah]
vartayan svānubhūtyeha
[vartayan svaanubhootyeha]
trīn svapnān dhunute muniḥ
[treen svapnaan dhunute munih]
Word-for-word
bhāva-advaitam — oneness in one’s conception of life kriyā-advaitam — oneness in activities dravya-advaitam — oneness in different paraphernalia tathā — as well as ātmanaḥ — of the soul vartayan — considering sva — one’s own anubhūtyā — according to realization iha — in this material world trīn — the three svapnān — living conditions (wakefulness, dreaming and sleep) dhunute — gives up muniḥ — the philosopher or speculator.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
bhāvādvaitaṁ kriyādvaitaṁ
bhāva-advaitam
oneness in one’s conception of life
kriyā-advaitam
oneness in activities
dravyādvaitaṁ tathātmanaḥ
dravya-advaitam
oneness in different paraphernalia
tathā
as well as
ātmanaḥ
of the soul
vartayan svānubhūtyeha
vartayan
considering
sva
one’s own
anubhūtyā
according to realization
trīn svapnān dhunute muniḥ
iha
in this material world
trīn
the three
svapnān
living conditions (wakefulness, dreaming and sleep)
dhunute
gives up
muniḥ
the philosopher or speculator.
After considering the oneness of existence, activity and paraphernalia and after realizing the self to be different from all actions and reactions, the mental speculator [muni], according to his own realization, gives up the three states of wakefulness, dreaming and sleep.
Purport

The three words bhāvādvaita, kriyādvaita and dravyādvaita are explained in the following verses. However, one has to give up all the nonduality of philosophical life in the material world and come to the actual life of reality in the spiritual world in order to attain perfection.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
The sage, contemplating the non-difference of objects, actions and conceptions, destroys the three states of ignorance—concerning objects, actions and conceptions-- by his realization of ātmā. Now the philosophy of advaita is made firm by teaching about the three states of perception. This is explained in four verses. Considering non-difference in thought, action and objects with the self, by realization of ātmā, the sage destroys differences in the form of three types of sleep. One sleep is thinking of differences between objects. The second sleep is thinking of different activities for differently qualified persons. The third sleep is thinking that what I receive as a result of action belongs to me.
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Personal Guidance
After realizing the oneness of existence, activity, and substance — and the self's distinction from action — the muni gives up the three states of waking, dreaming, and deep sleep. The aim is to escape the cycle of states, not perfect one of them.
Reflection Questions
  • Where are you perfecting waking life when the goal is to transcend the cycle of states altogether?
  • What practice points you beyond the alternation of these three?
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