Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 15
Vipulopākhyāna—Ruci-rakṣā and Śakra’s Māyā (विपुलोपाख्यानम्—रुचिरक्षणं शक्रमाया च)
यथा श्वा भषितुं चैव हन्तुं चैवावसज्जते । एवं सम्भाषणार्थाय सर्वशास्त्रवधाय च
yathā śvā bhaṣituṃ caiva hantuṃ caivāvasajjate | evaṃ sambhāṣaṇārthāya sarvaśāstravadhāya ca ||
भीष्म ने कहा—जैसे कुत्ता भौंकने और काटने के लिए पास आता है, वैसे ही ऐसा मनुष्य केवल वाद-विवाद के लिए और समस्त शास्त्रों का खण्डन करने के लिए इधर-उधर भटकता रहता है। ऐसा व्यक्ति दान का पात्र नहीं होता।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Charity should be given with discernment: one who approaches others only to quarrel and to undermine sacred learning is ethically unfit as a recipient, because the gift would support harmful conduct rather than dharma.
In Bhīṣma’s instruction on dharma (especially norms around giving), he illustrates—through the simile of a dog that comes near to bark and bite—the character of a contentious person who seeks debate merely to attack and refute śāstra, and he marks such a person as not deserving of dāna.