Sri Sadgurubhyoh Namah
VBT 75 :
Anaagataayaam nidrayaam pranashte baahya gochare,
saavasthaa manasaa gamyaa paradevee prakaashate.
Translation :
Just before slipping into sleep, when the mind has lost touch with outer world, but sleep has not yet come, be aware of that intermediate state which is illumined by supreme Goddess.
Commentary :
We have conscious waking state which is called 'jagrat avastha' in sanskrit, and dream state which is called 'svapna avastha', and deep sleep state which is called 'sushupti avastha'. In waking state we are aware of the external world. In dream state our world consists of objects in mental world. In deep sleep, world disappears for you.
If you observe closely, in between waking and just before you go to sleep, there is an intermediate state, when the conscious mind loses touch with external world, but not entered totally into sleep. This transition state is illumined by paradevi, the supreme goddess. In that transition, as there are no external objects and world percieved by mind, and there are no dream objects percieved by mind yet, and mind has not gone into deep sleep so as to lose consciousness, being aware of that state will reveal the Self.
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