Shloka 26
Jvarotpatti — The Origin and Distribution of Jvara
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आनन्द: कर्मणां सिद्धि: प्रतिपत्ति: परा गति: | सात््विकस्य निमित्तानि भावान् संश्रयते स्मृति:
Ānandaḥ karmaṇāṁ siddhiḥ pratipattiḥ parā gatiḥ | sāttvikasya nimittāni bhāvān saṁśrayate smṛtiḥ ||
Dijo Asita: «Ānanda (gozo), sukha (bienestar), el logro consumado de las acciones, la capacidad de comprender rectamente y la meta suprema: éstos son los apoyos del temperamento sāttvico. La memoria (smṛti) del hombre sāttvico se asienta en ellos; por eso, aun en sueños, como en la vigilia, recuerda y se mueve en el gozo y en lo semejante».
असित उवाच
Educational Q&A
A sāttvika person’s inner life is anchored in four wholesome supports—joy, successful right action, clear understanding, and orientation toward the highest goal. Because memory follows one’s dominant disposition, the sāttvika mind naturally recollects and gravitates toward these uplifting states even in dreams.
In the didactic discourse of Śānti Parva, Asita explains markers of the sāttvika temperament. He describes how mental impressions and recollection (smṛti) align with sattva, shaping both waking conduct and dream-experience toward constructive, dharmic ends.