Shloka 27

सप्तहोतृ-विधानम् एवं इन्द्रिय–मनःसंवादः

The Seven Hotṛs and the Debate of Senses and Mind

Devanagari script

बहूनपि हि संकल्पान्‌ मत्वा स्वप्लानुपास्य च बुभुक्षया पीड्यमानो विषयानेव धावति,बहुत-से संकल्पोंका मनन और स्वप्लोंका आश्रय लेकर भोग भोगनेकी इच्छासे पीड़ित हुआ प्राणी विषयोंकी ओर ही दौड़ता है

Transliteration

bahūn api hi saṅkalpān matvā svaplān upāsya ca bubhukṣayā pīḍyamāno viṣayān eva dhāvati

Translation

因为人怀抱诸多意念，又执著于梦境；被贪欲所逼迫时，便只向诸境奔逐。心识显明：欲望由想象的筹谋与梦幻般的投射所滋养，使人远离安住，沉入追逐转瞬即逝的乐受。

Word by Word

• बहून्: many
• बहून्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अपि: even/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• संकल्पान्: intentions/plans/thought-constructs
• संकल्पान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: संकल्प
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• मत्वा: having thought/considered
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for absolutive)

• स्वप्नान्: dreams
• स्वप्नान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वप्न
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• उपास्य: having resorted to/attended upon
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-आस्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for absolutive)

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• बुभुक्षया: by hunger/desire to eat (craving)
• बुभुक्षया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुभुक्षा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• पीड्यमानः: being afflicted/tormented
• पीड्यमानः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: पीड्
• Form: शानच् (present passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विषयान्: sense-objects/objects of enjoyment
• विषयान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विषय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• एव: only/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• धावति: runs/hurries
• Type: Verb
• Root: धाव्
• Form: Present, Lat, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

मन उवाच

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Craving, nourished by mental fabrications (saṅkalpa) and dreamlike projections (svapna), propels a person toward sense-objects; ethical steadiness requires recognizing this mechanism and restraining the mind from chasing transient pleasures.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker, identified as 'Man' (the mind), describes its own tendency: when a person broods over many desires and takes refuge in fantasies, the pressure of appetite makes them rush toward objects of enjoyment.