Shloka 36
अहिंसयित्वा ब्रह्महत्याविधानम् / Brahmahatyā incurred without physical violence
साड़ांश्व चतुरो वेदानधीते यो द्विजर्षभ: । षड्भ्य: प्रवृत्त: कर्मभ्यस्तं पात्रमृषयो विदु:
sāṅgāṁś ca caturo vedān adhīte yo dvijarṣabhaḥ | ṣaḍbhyaḥ pravṛttaḥ karmabhyas taṁ pātram ṛṣayo viduḥ ||
Bhishma sprach: Der Vorzüglichste unter den Zweimalgeborenen, der die vier Veden samt ihren Hilfslehren studiert und eifrig die sechs einem Brahmanen eigenen Pflichten ausübt—lernen und lehren, opfern und für andere das Opfer vollziehen, geben und annehmen—wird von den Weisen als würdiger und ausgezeichneter Empfänger von Gaben erkannt.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
A truly worthy recipient of charity is defined by Vedic learning (with its auxiliaries) and consistent engagement in the six Brahminical duties; sages value disciplined practice of dharma as the basis for eligibility.
In Anushasana Parva, Bhishma instructs on dharma, including rules of giving. Here he specifies the qualities of an ideal donee (pātra) for gifts: a learned and duty-observant Brahmin.