Shloka 13
Nakṣatra-yoga-anusāreṇa Dāna-vidhiḥ
Gifts prescribed according to lunar mansions and yogas
निमन्त्रयेथा: कौरव्य कामै श्नान्यैर्द्धिजोत्तमान् | कुरुनन्दन! जो विद्या और वेदव्रतमें निष्णात हैं
bhīṣma uvāca |
nimantrayedāḥ kauravya kāmaiḥ snānyair dvijottamān | kurunandana ye vidyā-veda-vrateṣu niṣṇātāḥ ye na kasyacid āśritā jīvikāṃ kurvanti yeṣāṃ svādhyāyas tapaś ca guptaṃ ye ca kaṭhora-vrata-pālanāḥ | tān uttamān brāhmaṇān tvam ātmagehe nimantraya sevakaiḥ āvaśyakopaskaraiś ca anyair upabhogya-vastubhiś ca sampannāni manoramāṇi gṛhāṇi kārayitvā tebhyo dehi ||
api te pratigṛhṇīyuḥ śraddhāpetaṃ yudhiṣṭhira ||
ビーシュマは言った。「クル族の子よ、クルの喜びよ——沐浴と饗応にふさわしい備えを整え、最上のバラモンたちを招け。学知とヴェーダの戒誓に通達し、他に依らず生き、スヴァーディヤーヤと苦行を秘して行い、厳しい誓戒を守る者——そのような卓越したバラモンを自邸に迎えるのだ。侍者と必需の品々、さらに諸々の安楽を備えた、心地よい住まいを建てて与えよ。だが、ユディシュティラよ、信（シュラッダー）を欠いた施しを、彼らは受け取るであろうか。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma teaches that charity and hospitality must be directed toward worthy recipients—disciplined, learned, self-reliant Brahmins—and, crucially, must be offered with śraddhā (sincere faith). Material generosity without inner sincerity is ethically deficient and may not be accepted.
In the Anushasana Parva’s instruction on dharma, Bhishma advises Yudhishthira on how to honor and support exemplary Brahmins: invite them properly, provide bathing and hospitality requisites, and even build and gift well-appointed dwellings—while warning that gifts lacking faith may be refused.