Shloka 25
सप्तहोतृ-विधानम् एवं इन्द्रिय–मनःसंवादः
The Seven Hotṛs and the Debate of Senses and Mind
विषयानेवमस्माभिर्दर्शितानभिमन्यसे । अनागतानतीतांक्ष स्वप्ने जागरणे तथा
viṣayān evam asmābhir darśitān abhimanyase | anāgatān atītāṁś ca svapne jāgaraṇe tathā ||
心识说道：“是故你把我们所呈现的诸境当作真实。无论在梦中或在觉时，你都依我们所示而经历并‘受用’未来与过去之事——如弟子趋近师长以学吠陀之义，得其理解，继而自思自修而随行。”
मन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that the mind projects and presents ‘objects’ to consciousness; we then mistake these presentations as independently real. This applies equally to dream and waking, so one should cultivate discernment and detachment rather than being carried away by mental constructions of past and future.
Mind addresses the listener, explaining how it makes experiences appear and how the person assents to them. The verse uses a teacher–student analogy: instruction is received, but the student then internalizes it and proceeds on his own—similarly, one lives through experiences shaped by the mind’s showing, in both sleep and wakefulness.