Shloka 12
Karma-Phala Rahasya and the Ethics of Dāna (कर्मफल-रहस्यं दानधर्मश्च)
पाद्यमासनमेवाथ दीपमन्नं प्रतिश्रयम् । दद्यादतिथिपूजार्थ स यज्ञ: पजचदक्षिण:
Bhīṣma uvāca: pādyaṃ āsanam eva atha dīpam annaṃ pratiśrayam | dadyād atithipūjārthaṃ sa yajñaḥ pañcadakṣiṇaḥ ||
Wika ni Bhishma: “Upang parangalan ang panauhin, maghandog ng tubig na pampaghugas ng paa, upuan, lampara para sa liwanag, pagkain, at matutuluyan. Ang limang handog na ito sa pagkamapagpatuloy ay tinatawag na ‘sakripisyong may limang kaloob’ (pañca-dakṣiṇā-yajña).”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Hospitality is treated as a sacred duty: offering a guest five essentials—foot-washing water, a seat, light, food, and shelter—is itself a yajña, a meritorious religious act.
Bhishma is instructing on dharma, defining a specific form of righteous conduct: the proper reception of an atithi (guest) through five concrete offerings, named the pañcadakṣiṇa-yajña.