Shloka 8
Dharma-vyādha’s Analysis of Moral Decline and the Mahābhūta–Guṇa Schema (धर्मव्याधोपदेशः)
ब्रह्मबन्धुषु यद् दत्तं यद् दत्तं वृषलीपतौ । स्त्रीजनेषु च यद् दत्तं व्यालग्राहे तथैव च
brahmabandhuṣu yad dattaṃ yad dattaṃ vṛṣalīpatau | strījaneṣu ca yad dattaṃ vyālagrāhe tathaiva ca
マールカンデーヤは言った。「真の婆羅門の行いを欠き、名ばかりの婆羅門に与えられる施し、卑しい生まれの女の夫に与えられる施し、分別なく女たちの群れに与えられる施し、また獣や賊に取り押さえられた折に与えられる施し——そのような布施は、受けるに足る者か、目的は何か、時と場合は正しいかを顧みずになされるゆえ、法（ダルマ）に照らして欠けた施しと見なされる。」
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Charity (dāna) must be guided by discernment: the recipient’s worthiness and the context of giving matter. Gifts made to improper recipients or under coercive, fear-driven circumstances are portrayed as ethically flawed and spiritually unfruitful.
Mārkaṇḍeya is instructing his listeners on standards of dharma, specifically evaluating types of giving. He lists examples of donations considered misdirected—given to unworthy persons or in compromised situations—within a broader didactic passage on righteous conduct.