Shloka 24
सप्तहोतृ-विधानम् एवं इन्द्रिय–मनःसंवादः
The Seven Hotṛs and the Debate of Senses and Mind
यथा हि शिष्य: शास्तारं श्र॒त्यर्थमभिधावति । ततः श्रुतमुपादाय श्रुत्यर्थमुपतिछठति
yathā hi śiṣyaḥ śāstāraṁ śruty-artham abhidhāvati | tataḥ śrutam upādāya śruty-artham upatiṣṭhati ||
“譬如弟子为求明了启示圣教（吠陀）之义，奔赴师前；既受所闻，复以思惟与行持而安住其义。汝亦如是：无论睡时醒时，汝所经验者，不过是我们（内在诸机能）所示现之过去与未来诸境。”
मन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Knowledge is first received from an authoritative source (teacher/śruti), but it becomes effective only when the learner internalizes it—standing by its meaning through reflection and lived practice. Likewise, experience in waking and dream is mediated by inner faculties; the self encounters objects as presented by the mind.
Manas (the Mind) speaks, using the example of a disciple approaching a teacher for the meaning of śruti. The verse illustrates how understanding is acquired and then sustained, and it extends the analogy to explain that the experiencer’s waking and sleeping perceptions depend on what the mind presents.