LalithA SahasranAma [260] suptA

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suptA : State of Sleep

 

The description of it is given in the Siva-sutra [1.10]. "The state of

sleep is incapacity of discrimination, namely illusion" One says, "I

slept happily, I know nothing," thus one says from recollection. By

this saying, three modifications of avidyA are indicated; namely

ignorance, egoism, and happiness; sound sleep is that state in which

these three exist; such a person is termed prAjNa whose individuality

is merged in the causal body.

 

 

BhAskararAya's Commentary

Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry.