The System of the Vedanta according to Badarayana's Brahma-Sutras and Cankara's Commentary c7.s6.t2.6
The System of the Vedânta according to Bâdarâyana's Brahma-Sûtras and Çankara's Commentary c7.s6.t2.6
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c7.s6.t2.6
a) When a man sleeps, he enters into the Existent, for he then goes to himself (*svam apîta*), therefore it is said: he sleeps (*svapiti*). "As a bird bound by a cord flies hither and thither, and after it has nowhere found a place of rest, settles on the place where it is bound (*bandhanam* as in *nau-bandhanam*) so, dear one, Manas flies hither and thither, and after it has nowhere found a place of rest, it returns into Life, for Life is the place where Manas is bound." (Cf. Chap. XII, 4, c, above p. 190ff.)