AVASTHA TRAYA – The Three States14. अवस्थात्रयं किम् ?जाग्रत्स्वप्नसुषुप्त्यवस्थाः ।avasthātrayaṃ kim ?jāgratsvapnasuṣuptyavasthāḥ .What are the three states? They are the waking, dream and deep sleep states.jāgrad avasthā – The waking state15.जाग्रदवस्था का ?श्रोत्रादिज्ञानेन्द्रियैः शब्दादिविषयैश्च ज्ञायते इति यत्सा जाग्रदावस्था ।स्थूल शरीराभिमानी आत्मा विश्व इत्युच्यते ।jāgradavasthā kā ?śrotrādijñānendriyaiḥ śabdādiviṣayaiśca jñāyate iti yatsā jāgradāvasthā .sthūla śarīrābhimānī ātmā viśva ityucyate .What is the waking state? The state of experience in which the sense objects like sound are perceived through the sense organs like the ears, is the waking state. The self, identified with the gross body, is thencalled vishva.swapnā avasthā – The dream state16. स्वप्नावस्था केति चेत् ?जाग्रदवस्थायां यद्दृष्टं यद् श्रुतम्तज्जनितवासनया निद्रासमये यः प्रपञ्चः प्रतीयते सा स्वप्नावस्था ।सूक्ष्मशरीराभिमानी आत्मा तैजस इत्युच्यते ।svapnāvasthā keti cet ?jāgradavasthāyāṃ yaddṛṣṭaṃ yad śrutamtajjanitavāsanayā nidrāsamaye yaḥ prapañcaḥ pratīyate sāsvapnāvasthā .sūkṣmaśarīrābhimānī ātmā taijasa ityucyate .For the question, what is the dream state, the explanation is: the word that is projected while in sleep from the impressions born of what was seen and heard in the waking state is called the dream state. The self identified with the subtle body is called taiijas.suṣupti avasthā – The deep sleep state17. अतः सुषुप्त्यवस्था का ?अहं किमपि न जानामि सुखेन मया निद्राऽनुभूयत इतिसुषुप्त्यवस्था ।कारणशरीराभिमानी आत्मा प्राज्ञ इत्युच्यते ।ataḥ suṣuptyavasthā kā ?ahaṃ kimapi na jānāmi sukhena mayā nidrā’nubhūyata itisuṣuptyavasthā .kāraṇaśarīrābhimānī ātmā prājña ityucyate .Then what is the deep sleep state? That state about which one says later ‘I did not know anything, I enjoyed a good sleep,’ is the deep sleep state. The self identified with the causal body is called prajna.Pañca kośā – The five sheaths18.पञ्च कोशाः के ?अन्नमयः प्राणमयः मनोमयः विज्ञानमयः आनन्दमयश्चेति ।pañca kośāḥ ke ?annamayaḥ prāṇamayaḥ manomayaḥ vijñānamayaḥ ānandamayaśceti .What are the five sheaths?They are Annamaya, Pranamaya, Manomaya, Vijnanamaya and Anandamaya.annamaya kośā – The food sheath19.अन्नमयः कः ?अन्नरसेनैव भूत्वा अन्नरसेनैव वृद्धिं प्राप्य अन्नरूपपृथिव्यांयद्विलीयते तदन्नमयः कोशः स्थूलशरीरम् ।annamayaḥ kaḥ ?annarasenaiva bhūtvā annarasenaiva vṛddhiṃ prāpya annarūpapṛthivyāṃyadvilīyate tadannamayaḥ kośaḥ sthūlaśarīram .What is annamaya kośā? That which is born from the essence of food, grows by the essence of food and merges into the earth, which is of the nature of food is called the food sheath or the gross body.prāṇamaya kośā – The vital air sheath20. प्राणमयः कः ?प्राणाद्याः पञ्चवायवः वागादीन्द्रियपञ्चकंमिलित्वा यो भवतिप्राणमयः कोशः ।prāṇamayaḥ kaḥ ?prāṇādyāḥ pañcavāyavaḥ vāgādīndriyapañcakaṃ prāṇamayaḥ kośaḥ .What is Prāṇamayaḥ kośaḥ? The five physiological functions like prana, etc., and the five organs of action like speech etc., together form the vital air sheath.