Shloka 48
अनुशासनपर्व अध्याय ९३ — तपस्, सदोपवास, विघसाशन, अतिथिप्रियता
Austerity, regulated fasting, residual-eating, and hospitality
उभौ हिनस्ति न भुनक्ति चैषा या चानृते दक्षिणा दीयते वै । आधघातिनी गर्लहितैषा पतन्ती तेषां प्रेतान्ू पातयेद् देवयानात्
bhīṣma uvāca | ubhau hinasti na bhunakti caiṣā yā cānṛte dakṣiṇā dīyate vai | ādhaghātinī garhitaiṣā patantī teṣāṃ pretān pātayed devayānāt |
قال بهيشما: «الدكشِنا (dakṣiṇā) التي تُعطى بالكذب لا تنفع أحدًا؛ فهي لا تُغذّي المُعطي، ولا يهنأ بها الآخذ هنًاءً حقًّا. ذلك العطاء المُدان يصير هلاكًا للطرفين. وإذا سقط في الإثم، أمكنه أن يُسقط حتى أسلاف المُعطي الراحلين من طريق الديفايانا (devayāna).»
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
A gift or priestly fee given through falsehood or to an unworthy recipient becomes blameworthy and harmful: it fails to produce merit, damages both giver and receiver, and can even negatively affect the giver’s ancestral welfare.
In Bhishma’s instruction on dharma (especially gifts and ritual propriety), he warns Yudhishthira that dakṣiṇā must be truthful and properly given; otherwise it turns into a destructive act with consequences extending to one’s ancestors and posthumous destiny.