Shloka 4163
अनुशासनपर्व अध्याय ९३ — तपस्, सदोपवास, विघसाशन, अतिथिप्रियता
Austerity, regulated fasting, residual-eating, and hospitality
न प्रीणन्ति पितृन् देवान् स्वर्ग च न स गच्छति । जिसके श्राद्धोंक भोजनमें मित्रोंकी प्रधानता रहती है
na prīṇanti pitṝn devān svargaṃ ca na sa gacchati |
ビーシュマは言う。もしシュラーダ（śrāddha）において、供食の席を友人を最上位に据えて整えるなら、そのシュラーダの供物とハヴィス（havis）は祖霊（ピトリ）にも神々（デーヴァ）にも真に満足を与えず、またその儀礼の執行者は天界に至らない。ここでの倫理的要点は、祖先供養は社交的えこひいきではなく、正しい意図と定められた優先順序に従って行われねばならない、ということである。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Śrāddha must be performed with correct dharmic priority and intention; if social favoritism (placing friends foremost) governs the feeding, the rite fails to satisfy Pitṛs and Devas and does not yield the promised heavenly merit.
In the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction on dharma, Bhīṣma continues advising on proper conduct in ritual duties, warning that misordered or self-serving arrangements in śrāddha undermine its spiritual efficacy.