Shloka 27
सप्तहोतृ-विधानम् एवं इन्द्रिय–मनःसंवादः
The Seven Hotṛs and the Debate of Senses and Mind
बहूनपि हि संकल्पान् मत्वा स्वप्लानुपास्य च बुभुक्षया पीड्यमानो विषयानेव धावति,बहुत-से संकल्पोंका मनन और स्वप्लोंका आश्रय लेकर भोग भोगनेकी इच्छासे पीड़ित हुआ प्राणी विषयोंकी ओर ही दौड़ता है
bahūn api hi saṅkalpān matvā svaplān upāsya ca bubhukṣayā pīḍyamāno viṣayān eva dhāvati
For, after entertaining many intentions and clinging to dreams, a person—tormented by craving—runs only toward sense-objects. The mind shows how desire, fed by imagined plans and dreamlike projections, drives one away from steadiness and into the pursuit of fleeting pleasures.
मन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Craving, nourished by mental fabrications (saṅkalpa) and dreamlike projections (svapna), propels a person toward sense-objects; ethical steadiness requires recognizing this mechanism and restraining the mind from chasing transient pleasures.
The speaker, identified as 'Man' (the mind), describes its own tendency: when a person broods over many desires and takes refuge in fantasies, the pressure of appetite makes them rush toward objects of enjoyment.