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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.14.17

కదాచిన్మనోరథోపగతపితృపితామహాద్యసత్సదితి స్వప్ననిర్వృతిలక్షణమనుభవతి ॥ ౧౭ ॥
kadācin manorathopagata-pitṛ-pitāmahādy asat sad iti svapna-nirvṛti-lakṣaṇam anubhavati.
[kadaachin manorathopagata-pitri-pitaamahaady asat sad iti svapna-nirvriti-lakshanam anubhavati.]
Word-for-word
kadācit — sometimes manoratha-upagata — obtained by mental concoction pitṛ — the father pitā-maha-ādi — or grandfather and others asat — although long dead (and although no one knows that the soul has gone) sat — again the father or grandfather has come iti — thus thinking svapna-nirvṛti-lakṣaṇam — the kind of happiness found in dreams anubhavati — the conditioned soul feels.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
kadācin manorathopagata-pitṛ-pitāmahādy asat sad iti svapna-nirvṛti-lakṣaṇam anubhavati.
kadācit
sometimes
manoratha-upagata
obtained by mental concoction
pitṛ
the father
pitā-maha-ādi
or grandfather and others
asat
although long dead (and although no one knows that the soul has gone)
sat
again the father or grandfather has come
iti
thus thinking
svapna-nirvṛti-lakṣaṇam
the kind of happiness found in dreams
anubhavati
the conditioned soul feels.
Sometimes the conditioned soul imagines that his father or grandfather has again come in the form of his son or grandson. In this way he feels the happiness one sometimes feels in a dream, and the conditioned soul sometimes takes pleasure in such mental concoctions.
Purport

Due to ignorance of the real existence of the Lord, the conditioned soul imagines many things. Influenced by fruitive activity, he comes together with his relatives, fathers, sons and grandfathers, exactly as straws gather together in a moving stream. In a moment the straws are thrown everywhere, and they lose contact. In conditional life, the living entity is temporarily with many other conditioned souls. They gather together as family members, and the material affection is so strong that even after a father or grandfather passes away, one takes pleasure in thinking that they return to the family in different forms. Sometimes this may happen, but in any case the conditioned soul likes to take pleasure in such concocted thoughts.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Sometimes he experiences the happiness of a dream out of strong desire, thinking that his dead father or grandfather has appeared. This verse explains how the jīva enjoys on entering the Gandharva city (SB 5.13.7). Out of strong desire, thinking that his dead father has returned from the other world he experiences the happiness of a dream.
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