श्रेय: कुर्वन्ति भूतानां साधवो दुस्त्यजासुभि: । दध्यङ्शिबिप्रभृतय: को विकल्पो धरादिषु ॥ ७ ॥
sreyah kurvanti bhutanam sadhavo dustyajasubhih dadhyan-sibi-prabhrtayah ko vikalpo dharadisu
- sreyah
- activities of the utmost importance
- kurvanti
- execute
- bhutanam
- of the general mass of people
- sadhavah
- the saintly persons
- dustyaja
- which are extremely hard to give up
- asubhih
- by their lives
- dadhyan
- Maharaja Dadhici
- sibi
- Maharaja Sibi
- prabhrtayah
- and similar great personalities
- kah
- what
- vikalpah
- consideration
- dhara-adisu
- in giving the land to the brahmana.
Dadhici, Sibi and many other great personalities were willing to sacrifice even their lives for the benefit of the people in general. This is the evidence of history. So why not give up this insignificant land? What is the serious consideration against it?