Shloka 50
Dasyu-maryādā and Buddhi-guided Rāja-nīti (दस्युमर्यादा तथा बुद्धिप्रधान-राजनीति)
ब्रह्मदत्तने कहा--पूजनी! काल ही समस्त कार्य करता है तथा कालके ही प्रभावसे भाँति-भाँतिकी क्रियाएँ आरम्भ होती हैं। इसमें कौन किसका अपराध करता है? ।।
brahmadatta uvāca—pūjanīye! kāla eva samastāni kāryāṇi karoti, kālasyaiva prabhāvena nānāvidhāḥ kriyāḥ pravartante. atra kaḥ kasya aparādhyati? tulyam cobhe pravartete maraṇaṁ janma caiva ha; kālenaiva ca kāryete, tadan-nimittaṁ na jīvati.
ブラフマダッタは言った。「尊き御方よ、すべての事をなすのは時（カーラ）であり、時の力によって種々の営みが起こる。かくのごときとき、誰が誰に罪を犯したと言えようか。生と死—この二つは等しく並び行き、時がそれを成り立たせる。ゆえに生きものは永く生にとどまれぬ。命は時の定めに抗して保たれはしないのだ。」
ब्रह्मदत्त उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches a Kāla-centered view of causality: Time is the ultimate agent behind events, including birth and death. Because all processes unfold under Time’s power, personal blame and offense are relativized—ethical judgment is tempered by the recognition of an overarching cosmic order.
Brahmadatta addresses a revered woman and argues that the unfolding of actions and the inevitability of birth and death are driven by Kāla. He uses this to question the basis for assigning personal culpability, emphasizing the inevitability of mortality under Time’s governance.