Shloka 24
Jvarotpatti — The Origin and Distribution of Jvara
Fever
इन्द्रियाणां व्युपरमे मनो<व्युपरतं यदि । सेवते विषयानेव त॑ विद्यात् स्वप्नदर्शनम्
indriyāṇāṃ vyuparame mano 'vyuparataṃ yadi | sevate viṣayān eva taṃ vidyāt svapnadarśanam ||
Asita dit : Lorsque les sens ont cessé leur activité extérieure, mais que le mental ne s’est pas apaisé, ne s’est pas retiré, et continue de se complaire dans les objets des sens, il faut comprendre que cet état est la «vision du rêve».
असित उवाच
Educational Q&A
Mere withdrawal of the senses is not sufficient for inner freedom; if the mind continues to relish sense-objects even when the senses are inactive, that condition is akin to dreaming. True restraint requires the mind itself to cease from attachment and craving.
In a didactic discourse in the Śānti Parva, the sage Asita explains a psychological and ethical distinction: the senses may become inactive, yet the mind can still project and enjoy objects internally. He labels this persistence of object-experience without sensory operation as ‘dream-vision’ (svapnadarśana).