Shloka 9
अहिंसयित्वा ब्रह्महत्याविधानम् / Brahmahatyā incurred without physical violence
भीष्म उवाच कुलीन: कर्मकृद् वैद्यस्तथैवाप्यानृशंस्यवान् | ह्वीमानृजु: सत्यवादी पात्र पूर्वे च ये त्रय:
bhīṣma uvāca | kulīnaḥ karmakṛd vaidyaḥ tathaivāpyānṛśaṃsyavān | hrīmān ṛjuḥ satyavādī pātraṃ pūrve ca ye trayaḥ ||
ビーシュマは言った。「施しを受けるにふさわしい者とは、良き家系に生まれ、正しい行いに励み、ヴェーダに通じ、慈悲を備える者である。さらに、慎みと恥を知り、心がまっすぐで、真実を語る者である。そして先に挙げた三種—見知らぬ学識あるバラモン、親族、そして苦行者—もまた、同様に施与の最上の受け手とみなされる。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma defines the ethical qualifications of a 'pātra'—a fit recipient for charity: noble conduct and lineage, diligence in duty, Vedic learning, compassion, modesty, straightforwardness, and truthfulness; and he reaffirms that the three previously listed Brahmins (unknown learned man, kinsman, and ascetic) are also excellent recipients.
In the Anushasana Parva’s instruction on dāna-dharma, Bhishma continues advising Yudhishthira by listing the traits that make a Brahmin an ideal recipient of gifts, linking these virtues to the earlier classification of three especially worthy recipients.