Shloka 23
अनुशासनपर्व अध्याय ९३ — तपस्, सदोपवास, विघसाशन, अतिथिप्रियता
Austerity, regulated fasting, residual-eating, and hospitality
अपांक्तो यावतः पांक्तान् भुज्जानाननुपश्यति । तावत्फलाद भ्रंशयति दातारं तस्य बालिशम्
apāṅkto yāvataḥ pāṅktān bhuñjānān anupaśyati | tāvatphalād bhraṁśayati dātāraṁ tasya bāliśam ||
毗湿摩说道：凡不合格者（apāṅkta）注视着在正当席列（pāṅkta）中进食的合格婆罗门有多少人，他便使那愚昧的施主失去与其人数相当的功德。此中教诫在于：施主当护持席列之清净；若容“污列者”侵入，甚至仅让其旁观督视仪式，亦会损坏布施在伦理与仪轨上的果报。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Charity and ritual feeding yield merit only when performed with discernment and proper boundaries; permitting an unqualified ‘line-defiler’ to intrude upon or oversee the feeding can nullify the donor’s merit in proportion to the number of rightful diners affected.
Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on the ethics of dāna and śrāddha-style feeding: he warns that if an apāṅkta person observes the properly seated Brāhmaṇas while they eat, the donor—through negligence—loses the corresponding merit of that act.