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
tatrāpi labhate duḥkhaṃ tatrāpi labhate sukham | krodhalobhau tu tatrāpi kṛtvā vyasanam ṛcchati ||
ત્યાં પણ (સ્વપ્નમાં) તેને દુઃખ મળે છે, ત્યાં પણ સુખ મળે છે. અને ત્યાં પણ ક્રોધ-લોભ કરીને તે વ્યસનમાં ફસાય છે।
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.