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 ||
ਭੀਸ਼ਮ ਨੇ ਆਖਿਆ—ਦਿਵੋਦਾਸ ਨੇ ਅਗਨਿਹੋਤ੍ਰ ਦੀ ਅੱਗ ਦਾ ਬਚਿਆ ਹੋਇਆ ਹਿੱਸਾ ਅਤੇ ਹਵਿ ਲਈ ਨਿਯਤ ਭੋਜਨ ਵੀ ਆਪਣੇ ਲਈ ਲੈ ਲਿਆ; ਇਸ ਕਰਕੇ ਉਹ ਬ੍ਰਾਹਮਣਾਂ ਦਾ ਅਪਰਾਧੀ (ਵਿਪ੍ਰਕ੍ਰਿਤ) ਮੰਨਿਆ ਗਿਆ।
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.