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TEXT 69 ya nisa sarva-bhutanam
SYNONYMS  ya--what;
nisa--is
night; sarva--all; bhutanam--of living entities;
tasyam--in
that; jagarti--wakeful; samyami--the self-controlled;
yasyam--in
which; jagrati--awake; bhutani--all beings;
sa--that
is; nisa--night; pasyatah--for the introspective;
muneh--sage.
TRANSLATION What is night
for all beings is the time of awakening for the self-controlled; and the
time of awakening for all beings is night for the introspective sage.
PURPORT There are two
classes of intelligent men. The one is intelligent in material activities
for sense gratification, and the other is introspective and awake to the
cultivation of self-realization. Activities of the introspective sage,
or thoughtful man, are night for persons materially absorbed. Materialistic
persons remain asleep in such a night due to their ignorance of self-realization.
The introspective sage remains alert in the "night" of the materialistic
men. The sage feels transcendental pleasure in the gradual advancement
of spiritual culture, whereas the man in materialistic activities, being
asleep to self-realization, dreams of varieties of sense pleasure, feeling
sometimes happy and sometimes distressed in his sleeping condition. The
introspective man is always indifferent to materialistic happiness and
distress. He goes on with his self-realization activities undisturbed by
material reaction.
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