Shloka 12
Sāma (Sāntva) and Dāna: The Brāhmaṇa’s Conciliatory Release from a Rākṣasa
अदन्नविद्वान् हन्त्यन्नमद्यमानं च हन्ति तम् । तं चान्न॑ पाति यश्चान्नं स हन्ता हन्यतेडबुध:
adann avidvān hanty annam adyamānaṃ ca hanti tam | taṃ cānnaṃ pāti yaś cānnaṃ sa hantā hanyate 'budhaḥ ||
ໄມເຕຣຍະກ່າວວ່າ: ຄົນໂງ່ຜູ້ຂາດປັນຍາ ກິນອາຫານແລ້ວກໍທໍາລາຍອາຫານນັ້ນ (ເຮັດໃຫ້ຜົນບຸນຂອງຜູ້ໃຫ້ບໍ່ເກີດ) ແລະອາຫານນັ້ນກໍເຫມືອນຈະທໍາລາຍເຂົາຄືນ. ແຕ່ຜູ້ທີ່ປົກປ້ອງອາຫານ—ໂດຍເປັນຜູ້ຮັບທີ່ສົມຄວນ ແລະຮັກສາບຸນຂອງຜູ້ໃຫ້—ຜູ້ນັ້ນກໍຖືກອາຫານປົກປ້ອງ. ຄົນໂງ່ຜູ້ທໍາໃຫ້ຜົນຂອງທານເສຍໄປ ຍ່ອມຖືກທໍາລາຍໂດຍຕົນເອງ.
मैत्रेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Receiving food or charity without worthiness or gratitude is ethically destructive: it wastes the donor’s merit and harms the receiver. A worthy recipient ‘protects’ the gift by honoring it and enabling its intended spiritual fruit, and thus is himself protected.
Maitreya delivers a moral instruction within Anuśāsana Parva’s teachings on dharma, explaining the consequences of unworthy consumption of given food and praising the worthy recipient who preserves the giver’s merit.