Text 61] Instructions for Civilized Human Beings
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na syur hy asaty avayaviny asann avayavo 'ntataḥ
dhātavaḥ —the five elements;  avayavitvāt —being the cause of the bodily conception;  ca —and;  tat-mātra —the sense objects (sound, taste, touch, etc.);  avayavaiḥ —the subtle parts;  vinā —without;  na —not;  syuḥ —can exist;  hi —indeed;  asati —unreal;  avayavini —in the formation of the body;  asan —not existing;  avayavaḥ —the part of the body;  antataḥ —at the end.
TRANSLATION
Because the body is formed of the five elements, it cannot exist without the subtle sense objects. Therefore, since the body is false, the sense objects are also naturally false or temporary.
TEXT 61
स्यात् सादृश्यभ्रमस्तावद् विकल्पे सति वस्तुनः। जाग्रत्स्वापौ यथा स्वप्ने तथा विधिनिषेधता ॥६१॥
syāt sādṛśya-bhramas tāvad vikalpe sati vastunaḥ jāgrat-svāpau yathā svapne tathā vidhi-niṣedhatā
syāt —it so becomes;  sādṛśya —similarity;  bhramaḥ —mistake;  tāvat —as long as;  vikalpe —in separation;  sati —the part;  vastunaḥ —from the substance;  jāgrat —waking;  svāpau —sleeping;  yathā —as;  svapne —in a dream;  tathā —similarly;  vidhi-niṣedhatā —the regulative principles, consisting of injunctions and prohibitions.
TRANSLATION
When a substance and its parts are separated, the acceptance of similarity between one and the other is called illusion. While dreaming, one creates a separation between the existences called wakefulness and sleep. It is in such a state of mind that the