Shloka 84
Dasyu-maryādā and Buddhi-guided Rāja-nīti (दस्युमर्यादा तथा बुद्धिप्रधान-राजनीति)
तस्मात् सर्व व्यपोहार्थ कार्य एव पराक्रम: । सर्वस्वमपि संत्यज्य कार्यमात्महितं नरैः
tasmāt sarva-vyapohārthaṁ kārya eva parākramaḥ | sarvasvam api saṁtyajya kāryam ātma-hitaṁ naraiḥ ||
तस्मात् सर्वव्यपोहार्थं कार्य एव पराक्रमः । सर्वस्वमपि संत्यज्य कार्यमात्महितं नरैः ॥
ब्रह्मदत्त उवाच
Educational Q&A
Do not lean on time, fate, or temperament as excuses; undertake decisive effort. Even if it requires sacrificing everything, pursue what genuinely promotes one’s true welfare (ātma-hita).
Brahmadatta delivers a didactic counsel in the Śānti Parva, urging practical initiative and moral resolve: one should act for one’s real good through personal effort rather than surrendering responsibility to external determinants.