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

Sinabi ni Bhishma: Sa kalagayang gising, kapag payapa at malinaw ang mga pandama, anumang balak na binubuo ng isip—pagdating din ng panaginip, ang mismong isip na iyon, na may galak, ay nakikita ang mga balak na iyon na wari’y natupad.

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.