Shloka 24
Jvarotpatti — The Origin and Distribution of Jvara
Fever
इन्द्रियाणां व्युपरमे मनो<व्युपरतं यदि । सेवते विषयानेव त॑ विद्यात् स्वप्नदर्शनम्
indriyāṇāṃ vyuparame mano 'vyuparataṃ yadi | sevate viṣayān eva taṃ vidyāt svapnadarśanam ||
Asita nói: Khi các căn đã ngừng hoạt động hướng ngoại, nhưng tâm vẫn chưa lặng, chưa lui, mà còn hưởng thụ các đối tượng giác quan, thì nên hiểu đó là trạng thái “thấy mộng”.
असित उवाच
Educational Q&A
Mere withdrawal of the senses is not sufficient for inner freedom; if the mind continues to relish sense-objects even when the senses are inactive, that condition is akin to dreaming. True restraint requires the mind itself to cease from attachment and craving.
In a didactic discourse in the Śānti Parva, the sage Asita explains a psychological and ethical distinction: the senses may become inactive, yet the mind can still project and enjoy objects internally. He labels this persistence of object-experience without sensory operation as ‘dream-vision’ (svapnadarśana).