Brahmapūjā-kāraṇa-prśnaḥ and Keśava–Viṣvaksena-stuti
Question on Brahmin veneration; hymn on Kṛṣṇa as cosmic order
प्रियो मे5यं प्रियोडस्पाहमिति सम्प्रेक्ष्य बुद्धिमान् वयस्यायैवमक्लिष्टं दानं दद्यादतन्द्रित:
priyo me ’yaṃ priyo ’smy aham iti samprekṣya buddhimān vayasyāyaivam akliṣṭaṃ dānaṃ dadyād atandritaḥ
ビーシュマは言った。「この人は私にとって愛しい、そして私もまた彼にとって愛しい」と省みて、賢者は怠けを捨て、友に対し、喜んで煩いなき施しを与えるべきである。これは私情と喜ばせたい欲(kāmanā)に基づく施与である。
भीष्म उवाच
A wise person should give promptly and gladly to a friend when mutual affection is recognized; the verse highlights a form of giving driven by personal attachment and the desire to please, rather than purely duty-based or detached charity.
In Bhishma’s instruction on dharma (especially the ethics of giving), he classifies or illustrates motivations for dāna, here describing a gift offered to a friend out of mutual fondness, done without reluctance and without delay.