Shloka 12
इन्द्र–बलि संवादः
The Dialogue of Indra and Bali on Fortune, Humility, and Restraint
प्रसन्नैरिन्द्रियर्यद् यत् संकल्पयति मानसम् । तत् तत् स्वप्नेडप्युपगते मनो हृष्यन्निरीक्षते,जाग्रतू-अवस्थामें प्रसन्न इन्द्रियोंके द्वारा मनुष्य अपने मनमें जो-जो संकल्प करता है, स्वप्नावस्था आनेपर भी उसका वह मन हर्षपूर्वक उसी-उसी संकल्पको पूर्ण होता देखा करता है
prasannair indriyaiḥ yad yat saṅkalpayati mānasam | tat tat svapne ’py upagate mano hṛṣyann nirīkṣate ||
Bhishma sprach: Im Wachzustand, wenn die Sinne ruhig und klar sind, welche Vorsätze der Geist auch immer fasst—wenn der Traum eintritt—blickt eben derselbe Geist, voll Freude, auf diese Vorsätze, als wären sie erfüllt.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Mental intentions (saṅkalpa) formed when the senses are composed in waking life tend to reappear in dreams as vivid experiences; therefore, cultivating calm senses and wholesome intentions is ethically significant because inner habits shape even one’s private, dream-world consciousness.
In Bhishma’s instruction during the Shanti Parva, he explains a principle of mind: the mind carries forward waking impressions and resolves into the dream state, where it ‘sees’ those same constructions with delight, as though they are being realized.