Word meanings
- yā
- which
- niśā
- night
- sarva-bhūtānām
- of all living beings
- tasyām
- in that
- jāgarti
- is awake
- sanyamī
- self-controlled
- yasyām
- in which
- jāgrati
- are awake
- bhūtāni
- creatures
- sā
- that
- niśā
- night
- paśyataḥ
- see
- muneḥ
- sage
Translations
That which is night to all beings, in that the self-controlled man is awake; when all beings are awake, that is night for the sage who sees.
The saint is awake when the world sleeps, and he disregards that for which the world lives.
The self-restrained man stays awake during what is night for all creatures. That which creatures stay awake for, it is night to the discerning sage.
सम्पूर्ण प्राणियों की जो रात (परमात्मासे विमुखता) है, उसमें संयमी मनुष्य जागता है, और जिसमें सब प्राणी जागते हैं (भोग और संग्रहमें लगे रहते हैं), वह तत्त्वको जाननेवाले मुनिकी दृष्टिमें रात है।Commentary
That which is real for the wordlyminded people is illusion for the sage, and vice versa. The sage lives in the Self. This is day for him. He is unconscious of the wordly phenomena. They are night for him, as it were. The ordinary man is unconscious of his real nature. Life in the spirit is night for him. He is experiencing the objects of sensual enjoyment. This is day for him. The Self is a nonentity for him For a sage this world is a nonentity. The wordlyminded people are in utter darkness as they have no knowledge of the Self.
What is darkness for them is all light for the sage. The Self? Atman or Brahman is night for the worldlyminded persons. But the sage is fully awake. He is directly cognising the supreme Reality, the Light of lights. He is full of illumination and Atma-Jnana or knowledge of the Self.