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 ||
ಭೀಷ್ಮನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಸತ್ಕುಲಜನಾದವನು, ಧರ್ಮಕರ್ಮದಲ್ಲಿ ಪರಿಶ್ರಮಿಯಾದವನು, ವೇದವಿದ್ವಾಂಸನು, ದಯಾಶೀಲನು; ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ಲಜ್ಜಾಶೀಲನು, ಸರಳನು, ಸತ್ಯವಾದಿ—ಇಂಥವನೇ ದಾನಕ್ಕೆ ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ ಪಾತ್ರ. ಮುಂಚೆ ಹೇಳಿದ ಆ ಮೂರು ವಿಧದವರು—ಅಪರಿಚಿತ ಪಂಡಿತ ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣ, ಬಂಧು ಮತ್ತು ತಪಸ್ವಿ—ಅವರೂ ಸಹ ಉತ್ತಮ ಪಾತ್ರರೆಂದು ಗಣಿಸಲ್ಪಡುತ್ತಾರೆ.
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.