Verse 75Awareness
The Self in the Approach of Sleep
Bhairava
This verse points to the moment just before sleep, when the world is slipping away but you are still aware. If you notice that quiet threshold instead of blacking out, something very clear and peaceful can appear. The teaching is to recognize that quiet awareness as sacred.
अनागतायां वनद्रायां प्रणष्टे िाह्यगोचरे । सािस्था मनसा गम्या परा देवी प्रकाशते ॥ ७५ ॥
anāgatāyāṃ nidrāyāṃ praṇaṣṭe bāhyagocare | sāvasthā manasā gamyā parā devī prakāśate || 75 ||
Translation
In the sleep that has not yet arrived, when the outer field has disappeared, that state is attainable by the mind; there the Supreme Goddess shines forth.
Attend to the threshold before sleep and recognize the luminous awareness present as the outer world fades.