Shloka 8
Dharma-Pramāṇa-Vicāra: The Elusiveness of Dharma and the Limits of Rule-Lists
मनोबुद्धिपरा भूत: स्वदेहपरदेहवित् । स्वप्लेष्वपि भवत्येष विज्ञाता सुखदु:खयो:
manobuddhiparo bhūtaḥ svadeha-paradeha-vit | svapneṣv api bhavaty eṣa vijñātā sukha-duḥkhayoḥ ||
जब जीव मन और बुद्धि के अधीन हो जाता है, तब वह अपने और पराये शरीर का भेद जानता रहता है। और स्वप्न में भी वही सूक्ष्म शरीर के द्वारा सुख-दुःख का अनुभव करने वाला ज्ञाता बनता है।
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
So long as the self is ruled by mind and intellect, it continues to operate with body-identification and dualistic cognition, and therefore undergoes pleasure and pain even in dreams—implying that inner governance (not merely external circumstances) sustains suffering.
Vyāsa is explaining a psychological-metaphysical point in the Śānti Parva’s instruction: the experiencer (jīva) carries subtle impressions and cognition into the dream-state, where it still ‘knows’ self/other in relation to bodies and thus feels sukha and duḥkha.