Shloka 33
अहिंसयित्वा ब्रह्महत्याविधानम् / Brahmahatyā incurred without physical violence
भीष्म उवाच अक्रोधना धर्मपरा: सत्यनित्या दमे रता: | तादृशा: साधवो वित्रास्तेभ्यो दत्त महाफलम्
bhīṣma uvāca akrodhanā dharmaparāḥ satyanityā dame ratāḥ | tādṛśāḥ sādhavo viprās tebhyo dattaṃ mahāphalam ||
Wika ni Bhishma: “O Hari, yaong mga brāhmaṇa na walang poot, nakatuon sa dharma, matatag sa katotohanan, at masigasig sa pagpipigil sa sarili—sila ang tunay na mabubuti. Ang handog na ibinibigay sa kanila ay nagbubunga ng dakilang gantimpala (kaya sa mga ritwal gaya ng śrāddha, sila ang nararapat pakainin).”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Charity bears the greatest merit when directed to recipients of proven character—those who are angerless, dharma-centered, truthful, and disciplined. The verse links the fruit of giving to the ethical quality of the receiver.
In Bhishma’s instruction to the king (Yudhiṣṭhira) in Anuśāsana Parva, he specifies the marks of truly virtuous Brahmins and states that gifts—especially in contexts like śrāddha—should be offered to such persons for maximal spiritual benefit.