Here, this deity experiences greatness in dreams. What has been seen, he sees again; what has been heard, he hears again. What has been experienced in different places and directions, he experiences again and again. The seen and the unseen, the heard and the unheard, the experienced and the unexperienced, the real and the unreal, he sees all. He, being all, sees all.

This verse describes the state of svapna (dreaming sleep) in more detail. In dreams, the mind (the “deity” that operates here) has unlimited power (mahiman). It can recreate all past experience and create new experiences.

The mind in dreams:

• Recreates the seen (dṛṣṭa) and the heard (śruta)
• Recreates experiences from different places and directions (deśa-dig-antaraiḥ)
• Even creates the unseen, the unheard, the unexperienced
• The real (sat) and the unreal (asat)

Sarvaḥ paśyati — “he sees all.” The mind is sarva-vit, all-knowing in dreams, because it is not limited by external senses.

But the culmination is: saḥ sarvaḥ paśyati — “He, being all, sees all.” The true Seer is not the mind but the Ātman, which is the All.