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.
婆罗摩达多说道：“可敬的夫人啊！唯有时间成就一切事业；在时间的影响下，种种活动纷然兴起。既如此，谁还能说是谁冒犯了谁？生与死——这两种进程并行不悖；而使其发生者，正是时间本身。因此众生不能长久存活，因为生命无法违逆时间的法令而维系。”
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.