Shloka 12

इन्द्र–बलि संवादः

The Dialogue of Indra and Bali on Fortune, Humility, and Restraint

Devanagari script

प्रसन्नैरिन्द्रियर्यद्‌ यत्‌ संकल्पयति मानसम्‌ । तत्‌ तत्‌ स्वप्नेडप्युपगते मनो हृष्यन्निरीक्षते

Transliteration

prasannair indriyaiḥ yad yat saṅkalpayati mānasam | tat tat svapne ’py upagate mano hṛṣyann nirīkṣate ||

Translation

ଜାଗ୍ରତ ଅବସ୍ଥାରେ ଇନ୍ଦ୍ରିୟଗୁଡ଼ିକ ପ୍ରସନ୍ନ ଓ ସ୍ପଷ୍ଟ ଥିଲେ ମନ ଯେଉଁ-ଯେଉଁ ସଙ୍କଳ୍ପ କରେ, ସ୍ୱପ୍ନ ଆସିଲେ ମଧ୍ୟ ସେହି ମନ ହର୍ଷସହିତ ସେଇ-ସେଇ ସଙ୍କଳ୍ପକୁ ପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ହେଉଥିବା ପରି ଦେଖେ।

Word by Word

• प्रसन्नैः: by/with pleased (serene)
• प्रसन्नैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रसन्न
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• इन्द्रियैः: by the senses
• इन्द्रियैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्रिय
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• यत्: whatever (which)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• यत्: whatever
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• संकल्पयति: forms/imagines (a resolve)
• संकल्पयति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: संकल्पय् (संकल्प + √कॢप्/कॢप्तौ caus.)
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada, Active

• मानसम्: mental, in the mind
• मानसम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानस
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तत्: that (same)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• स्वप्ने: in dream
• स्वप्ने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वप्न
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अपि: even/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• उपगते: when (it) has come/arrived
• उपगते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उपगतम् (उप + √गम्, क्त)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मनः: the mind
• मनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• हृष्यन्: rejoicing
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √हृष् (हृष्यत्, शतृ)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• निरीक्षते: beholds/sees
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + √ईक्ष्
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada, Active (middle)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

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.

What is happening in the narrative?

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.