Shloka 39
प्रतिग्रहभेदः — The Distinction between Giving and Accepting
Vṛṣādarbhī–Saptarṣi Dialogue
सौभाज्जन: कोविदारस्तथा गृज्जनकादय: । कूष्माण्डजात्यलाबुं च कृष्णं लवणमेव च
saubhājjanaḥ kovidārastathā gṛjjanakādayaḥ | kūṣmāṇḍajātyalābuṃ ca kṛṣṇaṃ lavaṇameva ca ||
भीष्म ने कहा— “सौभाज्जन, कोविदार, तथा गृज्जनक आदि; और कूष्माण्ड-जाति का अलाबू (लौकी/तुम्बी), तथा काला नमक भी (उपयुक्त माना गया है)।”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse contributes to a prescriptive list of acceptable items—especially food/produce—indicating that dharmic giving and ritual propriety include attention to suitable, wholesome materials offered with right intent.
In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma continues instructing Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma; here he enumerates particular vegetables/produce and salt as items to be included among proper provisions/offerings in the discussed context.