Verse 2.582

Sanskrit text and transliteration:

जाग्रत्स्वप्नसुषुप्तेषु वस्तुवृत्तानुरोधतः ।
श्यामः सुखी न वेद्मीति वेत्त्यात्मानं प्रसिद्धितः ॥ ५८२ ॥

jāgratsvapnasuṣupteṣu vastuvṛttānurodhataḥ |
śyāmaḥ sukhī na vedmīti vettyātmānaṃ prasiddhitaḥ || 582 ||

English translation of verse 2.582:

In the states of waking, dream, and deep sleep, it is well-known that the Self through its consciousness knows itself as “I am black,” “I am happy,” and “I do not know.”

Notes:

The objection of the opponent is answered in this verse.

The experieṅce of the jīva in the three states of waking, dream and deep sleep confirms the fact of bondage so long as avidyā lasts. On account of the erroneous identification with the body and the senses, the jīva thinks of itself as black, blind, and so on. In the same way identifying itself with the mind, it thinks that it is subject to pleasure and pain. Further, the jīva has the experience of ignorance not only in the waking and dream states, but also in the state of deep sleep. Waking up from deep sleep, a person recollects his experience by saying: “I did not know anything.” The Witness-consciousness which is uniformly present in all the three states manifests all these. It only means that so long as there is avidyā the jīva is in bondage. Being involved in transmigratory existence due to avidyā, it longs for liberation. It would follow, therefore that the teaching of Scripture serves a useful purpose.

Ānandagiri explains vastuvṛttānurodhataḥ prasiddhitaḥ as vastuno vṛttaṃ svarūpabhūtaṃ caitanyaṃ tadanusārāt prasiddhiḥ.