Shloka 21
Adharmic Victory as Unstable; Rules of Restraint, Mediation, and Conciliation (अधर्मविजय-अध्रुवत्व तथा क्षमा-नयः)
अन्निहोत्राग्निशेषं च हविभोजनमेव च । आजहार दिवोदासस्ततो विप्रकृतो&भवत्
annihotrāgniśeṣaṃ ca havibhojanam eva ca | ājahāra divodāsas tato viprakṛto 'bhavat ||
Bhishma berkata: Divodasa mengambil untuk dirinya baki daripada api Agnihotra dan juga makanan yang sepatutnya menjadi persembahan (havis). Oleh sebab perbuatan merampas apa yang menjadi milik upacara suci dan hak para brāhmaṇa, dia dipandang telah menzalimi brāhmaṇa (lalu jatuh dalam celaan).
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even a king must not appropriate what belongs to sacred rites or priestly entitlement; violating ritual boundaries and disrespecting brāhmaṇas leads to moral blame and loss of dharmic standing.
Bhīṣma cites Divodāsa as an example: by taking the Agnihotra remainder and consuming what was meant as havis, Divodāsa incurred the fault of wronging brāhmaṇas and became censured as viprakṛta.