Shloka 4

ब्राह्मणानां सतामेष ब्राह्मो धर्मो युधिष्ठिर । आवाह्गामावहेदेवं यो दद्यादनुकूलत:

brāhmaṇānāṃ satām eṣa brāhmo dharmo yudhiṣṭhira | āvāhāgāmāvah edeṃvaṃ yo dadyād anukūlataḥ ||

بھیشم نے کہا— اے یُدھِشٹھِر! نیک برہمنوں کا یہ برہمی دھرم ہے کہ جسے احترام سے بلایا جائے اور عزت کے ساتھ قبول کیا جائے، اسے اس کے فائدے اور موافقت کے مطابق، مددگار انداز میں دان دیا جائے۔

ब्राह्मणानाम्of Brahmins
ब्राह्मणानाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मण
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
सताम्of the virtuous/good
सताम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसत्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
एषःthis
एषः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
ब्राह्मःBrahminical / pertaining to Brahman
ब्राह्मः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootब्राह्म
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
धर्मःduty, law, dharma
धर्मः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
युधिष्ठिरO Yudhiṣṭhira
युधिष्ठिर:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootयुधिष्ठिर
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
आवाह्invite (him)! / call (him) in!
आवाह्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootआ + वह्
FormImperative, 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada
गाम्a cow
गाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगो
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
आवहेत्should bring (it) / should lead (it) here
आवहेत्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootआ + वह्
FormOptative, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
एवम्thus, in this manner
एवम्:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
यःwho
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
दद्यात्should give
दद्यात्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootदा
FormOptative, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
अनुकूलतःfavorably, with goodwill
अनुकूलतः:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनुकूलतस्

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
Y
Yudhiṣṭhira
B
brāhmaṇas

Educational Q&A

Bhīṣma defines a key aspect of brāhmaṇa-dharma: giving should be done properly—after respectful invitation and reception—and the gift should be offered in a way that is beneficial and pleasing to the recipient (anukūlataḥ), not merely as a formality.

In the Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma. Here he highlights norms of virtuous brāhmaṇas concerning hospitality and charitable giving, framing it as an ethical standard to be followed.