Shloka 15
अनुशासनपर्व अध्याय ९३ — तपस्, सदोपवास, विघसाशन, अतिथिप्रियता
Austerity, regulated fasting, residual-eating, and hospitality
भस्मनीव हुत॑ हव्यं तथा पौनर्भवे द्विजे । ये तु धर्मव्यपेतेषु चारित्रापगतेषु च । हव्यं कव्यं प्रयच्छन्ति तेषां तत् प्रेत्य नश्यति
bhāsmanīva hutaṁ havyaṁ tathā paunarbhave dvije | ye tu dharmavyapeteṣu cāritrāpagateṣu ca | havyaṁ kavyaṁ prayacchanti teṣāṁ tat pretya naśyati ||
毗湿摩说道：“将哈维斯（havis）倾入灰烬，便成虚耗；同样，供献于‘再婚之梵志’（paunarbhava，涉再婚或婚姻失范之状态的婆罗门）亦无果报。凡将祭天之供（havya）与祭祖之供（kavya）施与那些背离法（dharma）、败坏行仪的二生者（dvija）者，其所施之物，死后尽皆毁灭，于来世无益。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that ritual gifts and offerings (to gods or ancestors) require a worthy recipient: if given to a dvija who has fallen from dharma and proper conduct, the intended spiritual fruit is nullified—likened to pouring oblations into ashes.
In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma, including rules about gifts and śrāddha. Here he warns that offerings (havya/kavya) given to morally compromised or ritually unfit recipients do not benefit the giver in the afterlife.