Verse 492

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निद्रा यथा पुरुषमप्रमत्तंसमावृणोतीयमपि प्रतीचम् ।तथावृणोत्यावृतिशक्तिरन्त -र्विक्षेपशक्तिं परिजृम्भयन्ती ॥ ४९२ ॥

In plain words

Sleep closes over a man however watchful he is. In just the same way this veiling power closes over the inner Self — and inside that covering it lets the projecting power stretch open and spread.

Close to the Sanskrit

Just as sleep completely envelops a man who is vigilant, so this one too veils the inward one — the veiling power veils, causing the projecting power to expand within.