Shloka 36

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

ਵਾਯੂ ਬੋਲੇ—ਜਦੋਂ ਅੰਤਰਕਰਣ ਦਾ ਸੱਤਵ ਪ੍ਰਸੰਨ ਹੋ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ, ਤਦ ਪ੍ਰਸੰਨਤਾ ਆਪ ਹੀ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਹੁੰਦੀ ਹੈ। ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦ ਦਾ ਲੱਛਣ ਇਹ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਜਿਵੇਂ ਜਾਗੇ ਹੋਏ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਲਈ ਸੁਪਨੇ ਦਾ ਦਰਸ਼ਨ ਸ਼ਾਂਤ ਹੋ ਕੇ ਆਪਣਾ ਵੱਸ ਖੋ ਬੈਠਦਾ ਹੈ, ਤਿਵੇਂ ਚਿੱਤ-ਸ਼ੁੱਧੀ ਦੀ ਨਿਸ਼ਾਨੀ ਮਨ ਦੀ ਨਿਰਮਲ, ਅਡੋਲ ਖੁਸ਼ੀ ਹੈ।

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.