saḥ - He; viśvaḥ taijasaḥ prājñaḥ - the manifestations of waking consciousness, sleep and deep sleep; turīyaḥ - the fourth, transcendental stage; iti - thus termed; vṛttibhiḥ - by the functions; artha - by the external objects of perception; indriya - the mind; āśaya - covered consciousness; jñānaiḥ - and spiritual knowledge; bhagavān - the Personality of Godhead; paribhāvyate - is conceived of.

One can conceive of the Supreme Personality of Godhead in terms of awakened consciousness, sleep and deep sleep — which function respectively through external objects, the mind and material intelligence — and also in terms of the fourth, transcendental level of consciousness, which is characterized by pure knowledge.