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Shloka 4

Nakṣatra-yoga-anusāreṇa Dāna-vidhiḥ

Gifts prescribed according to lunar mansions and yogas

याच्यमाहुरनीशस्य अभिहारं च भारत | उद्वेजयन्ति याचन्ति सदा भूतानि दस्युवत्‌,भारत! दरिद्रकी याचना उसके लिये तिरस्कारका कारण मानी गयी है; क्योंकि याचक प्राणी लुटेरोंकी भाँति सदा लोगोंको उद्विग्न करते रहते हैं

yācyam āhur anīśasya abhihāraṃ ca bhārata | udvejayanti yācanti sadā bhūtāni dasyuvat, bhārata! |

ภีษมะกล่าวว่า “โอ้ ภารตะ การขอทานนั้นกล่าวกันว่าเป็นชะตาของผู้ไร้อำนาจและไร้ความเป็นอิสระ และยังนับเป็นความหมิ่นประมาทประการหนึ่งด้วย เพราะเหล่าสัตว์ผู้คอยขออยู่เสมอ ย่อมทำให้ผู้อื่นหวาดหวั่นรำคาญดุจโจร—ขอแล้วขอเล่าไม่รู้จบ”

याच्यम्begging / what is to be begged
याच्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootयाच्य (याच् धातु से कृदन्त; ‘याचनीय’)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
आहुःthey say
आहुः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootअह् (ब्रू/अह् ‘to say’)
FormPerfect (Paroksha), 3rd, Plural
अनीशस्यof the helpless / powerless man
अनीशस्य:
Sampradana
TypeAdjective
Rootअनीश (a- + ईश ‘lord’; ‘helpless’)
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
अभिहारम्insult / affront
अभिहारम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअभिहार
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
भारतO Bharata
भारत:
TypeNoun
Rootभारत
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
उद्वेजयन्तिthey alarm / disturb
उद्वेजयन्ति:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootउद् + विज् (उद्विज् ‘to agitate, alarm’)
FormPresent, 3rd, Plural
याचन्तिthey beg
याचन्ति:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootयाच्
FormPresent, 3rd, Plural
सदाalways
सदा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसदा
भूतानिcreatures / beings (people)
भूतानि:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभूत
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
दस्युवत्like robbers
दस्युवत्:
TypeAdjective
Rootदस्यु + वत्
FormIndeclinable (vat-usage as adverbial comparison), N/A, N/A
भारतO Bharata
भारत:
TypeNoun
Rootभारत
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
B
Bharata (Yudhiṣṭhira)

Educational Q&A

Bhishma warns that habitual begging is seen as a mark of dependence and becomes socially contemptible because it repeatedly troubles others; one should strive for self-sufficiency and avoid causing distress through constant solicitation.

In his instruction to Yudhiṣṭhira (addressed as ‘Bharata’), Bhishma comments on the social and ethical perception of begging, comparing persistent beggars to robbers in the way they unsettle people.