Shloka 12
अनुशासनपर्व अध्याय ९३ — तपस्, सदोपवास, विघसाशन, अतिथिप्रियता
Austerity, regulated fasting, residual-eating, and hospitality
रक्षांसि गच्छते हव्यमित्याहुर्ब्रह्मयवादिन: । जुआरी
bhīṣma uvāca | rakṣāṃsi gacchate havyam ity āhur brahmavādinaḥ | śrāddhaṃ bhuktvā tv adhīyīta vṛṣalītālpagaśn yaḥ ||
ビーシュマは言った。「梵（Brahman）を説き明かす学匠たちは、聖なる饗応の列を汚す者どもと共に食すとき、供物ハヴィス（havis）は羅刹（rākṣasa）に帰すると宣言する。ゆえに、シュラーダ（śrāddha）の食を終えたなら、再びヴェーダ（Veda）の学びに戻るべきである。だが、卑賤の女と交わりつつ（あるいは寝所の清浄を犯しつつ）食する者は不適格となり、その参与は儀礼を穢し、果報を本来受けるべき祖霊と神々から逸らしてしまう。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Ritual acts like śrāddha and offerings require moral and social discipline: association with ‘line-corrupting’ participants and sexual/ethical transgressions are said to deflect the rite’s merit, symbolically making the offering fall to rākṣasas rather than benefiting the intended recipients.
In Bhīṣma’s instruction to Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma, he cites the view of brahmavādins about śrāddha and sacrificial food: improper participants contaminate the dining line, so the rite’s fruit is spoiled; he then states a prescriptive rule about conduct after eating at śrāddha and warns against those whose behavior makes them unfit.