The embodied soul slept deep within, There, dreams it met, and threefold pain therein.

This couplet beautifully illustrates a profound spiritual truth. It suggests that when the individual soul or human being, a part of the divine, becomes deeply absorbed within itself, or is in a state of spiritual slumber, it then experiences the 'dreams' of this world. These dreams are not just pleasant reveries but also entail the 'three miseries'. These refer to sufferings caused by our own body and mind, by natural forces, and by other living beings. Essentially, the verse implies that when we are unaware of our true, higher self and are engrossed in the illusions of worldly existence, we inevitably encounter various forms of sorrow and hardship.