奥义书 · Bṛhadāraṇyaka 4,3.13
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天城文
स्वप्नान्तः उच्चावचम् ईयमानो रूपाणि देवः कुरुते बहूनि उतेव स्त्रीभिः सह मोदमानो जक्षद् उतेवापि भयानि पश्यन्
转写 (IAST)
svapnāntaḥ uccāvacam īyamāno rūpāṇi devaḥ kurute bahūni uteva strībhiḥ saha modamāno jakṣad utevāpi bhayāni paśyan
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梵语IAST释义
स्वप्नान्तःsvapnāntaḥwithin the bounds of dream (svapna-anta, loc.); in the region of dream; within the bounds of dream
उच्चावचम्uccāvacamup and down (ucca-avaca); to the high and the low; up and down
ईयमानोīyamānoroving (from √i, passive participle); moving; roving
रूपाणिrūpāṇiof the form; the forms
देवःdevaḥthe god (deva); radiant; god
कुरुतेkurutemakes; he performs
बहूनिbahūnimany; numerous
उतेवutevaand as it were; now as though
स्त्रीभिःstrībhiḥwith wives; with women
सहsahatogether with; conjointly
मोदमानोmodamānorejoicing (from √mud, participle); taking delight; delighting
जक्षद्jakṣadlaughing and feasting (from √jakṣ); banqueting; laughing
उतेवापिutevāpiand likewise as it were; or else as though
भयानिbhayāniterrors (bhaya, pl.); fears; terrors
पश्यन्paśyanseeing; seeing
译文
Within the dream, moving up and down, the god makes himself many forms: now as it were laughing and delighting with women, now as it were seeing terrors.
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a77fdf022c4b · 发布于 2026年7月27日 01:12:39 UTC
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The third verse is honest about the content of dreams: "the god" (devaḥ — so the dreamer is simply called!) makes himself forms "up and down": now feasts and companions, now horrors. Dream freedom is unfiltered: the maker of dreams moulds both paradise and nightmare out of one and the same bright substance.
The double iva — "as it were" — keeps a saving distance: both the delights and the terrors are only "as it were"; he plays in them without becoming them. A nightmare too is his own work, and therefore it has no essential power over the dreamer. This prepares the great conclusion (4.3.16): "nothing that he sees there follows him, for he is unattached" — asaṅga, the Shining One's freedom from his own pictures.