buddher jÄgaraṇaá¹ svapnaḥ
suá¹£uptir iti cocyate
mÄyÄ-mÄtram idaá¹ rÄjan
nÄnÄtvaá¹ pratyag-Ätmani
buddheḥ - of intelligence; jÄgaraṇam - waking consciousness; svapnaḥ - sleep; suá¹£uptiḥ - deep sleep; iti - thus; ca - and; ucyate - are called; mÄyÄ-mÄtram - merely illusion; idam - this; rÄjan - O King; nÄnÄtvam - the duality; pratyak-Ätmani - experienced by the pure soul.
The three states of intelligence are called waking consciousness, sleep and deep sleep. But, my dear King, the variegated experiences created for the pure living entity by these different states are nothing more than illusion.
Pure Kṛṣṇa consciousness exists beyond the various stages of material awareness. Just as darkness vanishes in the presence of light, so illusory material intelligence, which is experienced as normal perception, dreaming and deep sleep, completely vanishes in the brilliant presence of pure Kṛṣṇa consciousness, the constitutional condition of every living entity.
