Shloka 36

Adhyāya 51: Kṛṣṇa’s Leave-Taking and Departure for Dvārakā (द्वारकागमनानुमति)

Devanagari script

प्रसादे चैव सत्त्वस्य प्रसादं समवाप्नुयात्‌ लक्षणं हि प्रसादस्य यथा स्यात्‌ स्वप्नदर्शनम्‌

Transliteration

prasāde caiva sattvasya prasādaṁ samavāpnuyāt | lakṣaṇaṁ hi prasādasya yathā syāt svapnadarśanam ||

Translation

Vāyu dit : «Quand l’être intérieur (sattva) devient serein, on obtient la sérénité elle-même. Le signe de cette sérénité est ceci : de même que, pour celui qui s’est éveillé, la vision du rêve s’apaise et perd son emprise, de même le signe de la purification est la joie limpide et sans trouble de l’esprit.»

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'prasāda', 'definition': 'clarity, serenity, gracious calm

• a purified, settled state of mind'}, {'term': 'sattva', 'definition': 'the inner being/mind-stuff in its lucid mode

• purity and balance (as opposed to agitation)'}, {'term': 'ca eva', 'definition': 'and indeed

• emphatic connective'}, {'term': 'samavāpnuyāt', 'definition': 'one would attain, obtain fully'}, {'term': 'lakṣaṇam', 'definition': 'sign, characteristic mark'}, {'term': 'hi', 'definition': 'for, indeed (reason-giving particle)'}, {'term': 'yathā', 'definition': 'just as, in the manner that'}, {'term': 'syāt', 'definition': 'may be, would be'}, {'term': 'svapna', 'definition': 'dream'}, {'term': 'darśana', 'definition': 'seeing, appearance, vision

• here: dream-vision'}]

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu (Vāyudeva)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True purification is recognized by prasāda—lucid, steady serenity. When sattva becomes clear, mental disturbances subside naturally, like a dream losing reality upon waking.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva instructs the listener on the experiential sign of inner purification: the mind becomes transparently calm, and illusory or agitating impressions fade the way dream-images fade after awakening.