गोविन्द भाष्य (श्रील बलदेव विद्याभूषण - अचिन्त्यभेदाभेद वेदान्त ब्रह्मसूत्र भाष्य सटीक)

samṛddhiṁ tatra jānīyāt tasmin svapna-nidarśane "If, when the auspicious rites are completed, one sees a woman in a dream, he should know that the rites were successful." In the Kauṣītaki-brāhmaṇa it is said: atha svapne puruṣaṁ kṛṣṇaṁ kṛṣṇa-dantaṁ paśyati sa enaṁ hanti "If in a dream one sees a black man with black teeth, that man will kill him." The word "tad-vidaḥ" here means "they who know how to interpret dreams". These persons affirm that dreams reveal omens of good and evil. For example a dream of riding on an elephant is a good omen, and a dream of riding on a donkey is an omen of misfortune. In dreams one may also receive prayers. the Smṛti-śāstra affirms: ādiṣṭavān yathā svapne rāma-rakṣām imāṁ haraḥ tathā likhitavān prātaḥ prabuddho buddha-kauśikaḥ "Then Lord Śiva appeared in a dream and taught him the Rāma-rakṣā prayer. Waking up in the morning, Buddha Kauśika at once wrote it down." Therefore, because in dreams one sometimes receives omens, prayers, medicines, and other things, and becauses sometimes a person will actually appear in a dream, therefore sometimes dreams are as real as what is seen in the waking state. That is the conclusion of Śruti-śāstra. Here someone may object: Is it not true that after waking up a person becomes convinced that what he saw in a dream was false. This proves that all dreams are unreal. In the following words the author of the sūtras answers this objection. Sūtra 5 parābhidhyānāt tu tirohitaṁ tato hy asya bandha-viparyayau