Shloka 16
Go-dāna-phala-nirdeśa
Merit and Destinations from the Gift of Cows
क्रोधो हन्ति हि यद् दानं तस्माद् दानातू परं दम: । अदृश्यानि महाराज स्थानान्ययुतशो दिवि
bhīṣma uvāca | krodho hanti hi yad dānaṃ tasmād dānāt paraṃ damaḥ | adṛśyāni mahārāja sthānāny ayutaśo divi | kāmayānā mahats thānaṃ tasmād dānāt paraṃ damaḥ ||
毗湿摩说道：嗔怒会毁坏布施所能带来的一切功德；因此，自制——能抑止嗔怒并制伏诸根之力——被认为高于施舍。大王啊，天界有无数不可见的居处；渴求至高境地的圣仙与天众，凭借修习自制，从此世离去而往彼处。故而，自制胜于布施。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
A gift loses its spiritual fruit if it is accompanied by anger; therefore the discipline that restrains anger and the senses (dama) is ethically and spiritually superior to charity.
In Bhishma’s instruction to the king in the Anushasana Parva, he ranks virtues and explains that self-restraint leads to higher, even heavenly, attainments, whereas anger can nullify the merit of otherwise good acts like giving.