Shloka 3
अहिंसयित्वा ब्रह्महत्याविधानम् / Brahmahatyā incurred without physical violence
युधिछिर उवाच श्रद्धया परया पूतो यः प्रयच्छेद् द्विजातये । हव्यं कव्यं तथा दानं को दोष: स्यात् पितामह
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
śraddhayā parayā pūto yaḥ prayacched dvijātaye |
havyaṃ kavyaṃ tathā dānaṃ ko doṣaḥ syāt pitāmaha ||
যুধিষ্ঠিৰে সুধিলে— পিতামহ! যি ব্যক্তি কেৱল পৰম শ্ৰদ্ধাৰে শুদ্ধ হৈ দ্বিজ (ব্রাহ্মণ)ক হব্য, কব্য আৰু অন্য দান দিয়ে, তেন্তে অন্য ধৰণৰ শৌচ-শুদ্ধি নথকাৰ বাবে তাৰ কি দোষ হয়?
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames a dharma-question: whether inner purity through supreme faith (śraddhā) is sufficient to sanctify acts of giving—especially sacred offerings to gods and ancestors—or whether lack of external/ritual purity still produces a moral or ritual fault.
In the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction on dharma, Yudhiṣṭhira addresses Bhīṣma as ‘Grandfather’ and asks him to judge the status of a donor who gives havya, kavya, and other gifts to a brāhmaṇa relying primarily on faith, seeking clarification about any remaining दोष (defect) due to other impurities.