न मे देहेन सम्बन्धो मेघेनेव विहायसः ।अतः कुतो मे तद्धर्मा जाग्रत्स्वप्नसुषुप्तयः ॥ ५०१ ॥
na me dehena sambandho megheneva vihāyasaḥ ;ataḥ kuto me taddharmā jāgratsvapnasuṣuptayaḥ . 501 .
Anvaya
अहम्aham
I
कल्प–विदूरगःkalpa–vidūragaḥ
beyond time
आकाशवत्ākāśavat
like space
आदित्य–वत्āditya–vat
like Sun
भास्य–विलक्षणःbhāsya–vilakṣaṇaḥ
(I am) distinct from the illumined
अहार्य–वत्ahārya–vat
like a mountain (Jagadguru’s explanation)
नित्य–विनिश्चलःnitya–viniścalaḥ
eternal and unchanging
अम्भोधि–वत्ambhodhi–vat
like an ocean
पार–विवर्जितःpāra–vivarjitaḥ
boundless
Translation
I have no bondage with the body, like the sky has no bondage with the cloud. Hence how can I have its attributes – the stages of waking, dream and deep sleep?
Annotation
The body is the product of the three guṇa–s. The realised person has transcended the three guṇa–s. He is the witness for the three stages.