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Shloka 9

इन्द्र–बलि संवादः

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

गुणानामपि यद्येतत्‌ कर्मणा चाप्युपस्थितम्‌ । तत्‌ तत्‌ शंसन्ति भूतानि मनो यद्धावितं यथा

guṇānām api yady etat karmaṇā cāpy upasthitam | tat tat śaṃsanti bhūtāni mano yad dhāvitaṃ yathā ||

Бхишма сказал: Даже среди гун, когда вследствие поступков возникает определённая склонность — саттва, раджас или тамас, — существа проявляются соответственно: ум, как он был гоним и запечатлён кармой, заставляет тонкие элементы являть во сне сообразные формы. Так образы, видимые во сне, следуют обусловленности ума саттвой, раджасом или тамасом и деяниями, окрасившими его.

गुणानाम्of the qualities (gunas)
गुणानाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootगुण
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
अपिeven/also
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
यदिif
यदि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदि
एतत्this
एतत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
कर्मणाby/through action
कर्मणा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मन्
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अपिalso
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
उपस्थितम्present/occurred/come about
उपस्थितम्:
TypeVerb
Rootउप-स्था
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)
तत्that
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
तत्that (accordingly)
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
शंसन्तिthey declare/praise/tell
शंसन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootशंस्
FormPresent, 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada
भूतानिbeings/creatures/elements
भूतानि:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभूत
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
मनःmind
मनः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमनस्
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
यत्which/that (relative)
यत्:
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
भावितम्impressed/conditioned (made to be)
भावितम्:
TypeVerb
Rootभू (भावयति caus.)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)
यथाas/just as
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
G
gunas (sattva, rajas, tamas)
M
mind (manas)
K
karma (action)
B
bhutas (beings/elements)
D
dream (svapna)

Educational Q&A

Dream-experiences and inner perceptions reflect the mind’s conditioning: actions (karma) and the dominant guṇa (sattva/rajas/tamas) impress the mind, and corresponding forms are manifested in subtle experience such as dreams.

In the Śānti Parva’s instruction, Bhīṣma explains to the listener how mental impressions arise: depending on the guṇas activated by one’s deeds, the mind is driven in certain patterns, and those patterns appear as specific forms in dream.