Shloka 84

Dasyu-maryādā and Buddhi-guided Rāja-nīti (दस्युमर्यादा तथा बुद्धिप्रधान-राजनीति)

Devanagari script

तस्मात्‌ सर्व व्यपोहार्थ कार्य एव पराक्रम: । सर्वस्वमपि संत्यज्य कार्यमात्महितं नरैः

Transliteration

tasmāt sarva-vyapohārthaṁ kārya eva parākramaḥ | sarvasvam api saṁtyajya kāryam ātma-hitaṁ naraiḥ ||

Translation

因此，当摒弃一切托辞与推诿，唯当依凭精进之力，以勇毅而行。纵使倾尽所有财物，人亦应追求真正关乎自身福祉之事，而不当把希望寄托于时运、天命或先天禀性。

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore; from that (reason)
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद्
• Form: Ablative, Singular, Neuter

• सर्व: all; entire
• सर्व: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• व्यपोहार्थम्: for the purpose of removal/avoidance
• व्यपोहार्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यपोहार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कार्यः: to be done; obligatory
• कार्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एव: indeed; only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• पराक्रमः: effort; valor; exertion
• पराक्रमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पराक्रम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वस्वम्: one's all; entire possessions
• सर्वस्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वस्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अपि: even; also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• संत्यज्य: having abandoned; even after giving up
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-त्यज्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• कार्यम्: the deed; what must be done
• कार्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आत्महितम्: one's own welfare; self-benefit
• आत्महितम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्महित
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• नरैः: by men; by human beings
• नरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

ब्रह्मदत्त उवाच

Characters & Entities

• ब्रह्मदत्त (Brahmadatta)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

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).

What is happening in the narrative?

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.