Shloka 176
Nakṣatra-yoga-anusāreṇa Dāna-vidhiḥ
Gifts prescribed according to lunar mansions and yogas
यद् देवेभ्य: पितृभ्यश्न विप्रेभ्यश्न प्रयच्छसि । युधिष्ठिर! तीसरे समयमें जो तुम देवताओं, पितरों और ब्राह्मणोंके उद्देश्यसे दान करते हो, वह विश्वेदेवोंको संतुष्ट करनेवाला होता है
yad devebhyaḥ pitṛbhyaś ca viprebhyaś ca prayacchasi | yudhiṣṭhira! tṛtīye samaye yat tvayā deve-pitṛ-brāhmaṇārthaṁ dīyate, tad viśvedevānāṁ toṣa-karaṁ bhavati ||
ພີດສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ຢຸທິສຖິຣະ, ສິ່ງໃດກໍຕາມທີ່ເຈົ້າໃຫ້ເປັນທານ ໂດຍມີໃຈຕັ້ງໃຈນົບນ້ອມຕໍ່ເທວະດາ, ພິຕຣະ (ບັນພະບຸລຸດ), ແລະພຣາຫມັນ—ເມື່ອຖວາຍໃນເວລາທີສາມຕາມທີ່ກໍານົດ—ຈະກາຍເປັນເຄື່ອງບູຊາທີ່ເຮັດໃຫ້ວິສະເວເທວະ (Viśvedevas) ພໍໃຈ. ຄໍາສອນນີ້ຊີ້ວ່າ ທານຈະມີພະລັງທັງດ້ານຈິດທຳ ແລະພິທີກຳຢ່າງເຕັມທີ່ ເມື່ອສອດຄ່ອງກັບຜູ້ຮັບ, ເຈດຕະນາ, ແລະເວລາ.»
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Charity becomes especially meritorious when it is directed to worthy recipients (gods, ancestors, Brahmins), motivated by reverent intention, and performed at the proper prescribed time; such giving is said to please the Viśvedevas.
In Bhishma’s instruction to Yudhishthira on dharma, he explains the fruit of timely, properly directed gifts: offerings made for devas, pitrs, and Brahmins at the ‘third time’ are described as satisfying the collective deities called the Viśvedevas.