Shloka 9
Dharma-Pramāṇa-Vicāra: The Elusiveness of Dharma and the Limits of Rule-Lists
तत्रापि लभते दुः:खं तत्रापि लभते सुखम् | क्रोधलोभौ तु तत्रापि कृत्वा व्यसनमृच्छति,वहाँ (स्वप्नमें भी) उसे दुःख और सुख प्राप्त होते हैं। एवं उस स्वप्रमें भी (जाग्रत्॒की भाँति ही) क्रोध और लोभ करके वह संकटमें पड़ जाता है
tatrāpi labhate duḥkhaṃ tatrāpi labhate sukham | krodhalobhau tu tatrāpi kṛtvā vyasanam ṛcchati ||
Vyāsa said: Even there (in the dream-state), one experiences sorrow and happiness. And even there, by giving way to anger and greed, one falls into distress—just as in waking life.
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Pleasure and pain arise even in subtle states like dreams, and the same inner faults—especially anger and greed—produce distress. Therefore, ethical discipline is primarily an inner work: restraining krodha and lobha wherever the mind operates.
Vyāsa is explaining a reflective point about human experience: the mind continues to generate happiness and suffering even in dreams, and when it indulges anger and greed there too, it results in turmoil—highlighting the pervasive power of mental dispositions.