Mandukya Upanishad

With an Advaita Commentary from our Understanding

by Kenneth Jaques | 31,733 words

The Mandukya Upanishad is a short, just twelve verses, description of the material manifestation and the eventual return to unmanifest form of the Universe....

Verse 8

8.  there is no wonder really  (as to the originality of objects),  the nature of the local agent in dream,  is as in the case of the dwellers in heaven.  As indeed a well travelled person here,  so this person dreaming sees those various objects or regions,  having gone there.

"there is no wonder really  (as to the originality of objects),  the nature of the local agent in dream,  is as in the case of the dwellers in heaven."

The individual dreamer,  the agent manifesting the dream,  will furnish that dream according to his own understanding or perception.  This individuality of perception may well produce unique objects.  But that perception still suffers delusion due to being within a  "state"  of delusion.
Referring to the dwellers in heaven,  one assumes gods,  these traditional gods are also perceived to have unique attributes,  but that perception still suffers delusion due to being within a  "state"  of delusion.

"As indeed a well travelled person here,  so this person dreaming sees those various objects or regions,  having gone there."

A person dreaming here sees objects produced by his intellect or memory  "having gone there",  these objects will be unique to his perceived experience,  but,  again,  that perception still suffers delusion due to being within a  "state"  of delusion.

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