Shloka 78
Dasyu-maryādā and Buddhi-guided Rāja-nīti (दस्युमर्यादा तथा बुद्धिप्रधान-राजनीति)
दुष्ट पन््थानमासाद्य यो मोहादुपपद्यते । आत्मनो बलमज्ञाय तदन्तं तस्य जीवितम्,जो अपनी शक्तिको न समझकर मोहवश दुर्गम मार्गपर चल देता है, उसका जीवन वहीं समाप्त हो जाता है
duṣṭa-panthānam āsādya yo mohād upapadyate | ātmano balam ajñāya tad-antaṁ tasya jīvitam ||
മോഹവശാൽ സ്വന്തം ശക്തി അറിയാതെ ദുഷ്ടവും ദുര്ഗ്ഗമവും ആയ പാതയെ ആശ്രയിച്ച് പുറപ്പെടുന്നവന്റെ ജീവൻ അവിടെയേ അവസാനിക്കുന്നു.
ब्रह्मदत्त उवाच
Educational Q&A
Do not choose a harmful or difficult course under delusion; first discern your own true capacity. Lack of self-knowledge combined with moha leads to self-destruction.
Brahmadatta states a cautionary maxim: a person who, in delusion, takes up a dangerous and wrongful path without knowing his own strength meets his end on that very path.