The three kinds of Gift.
Now the threefold nature of gift will be described.
दातव्यमिति यद्दानं दीयतेऽनुपकारिणे ।
देशे काले च पात्रे च तद्दानं सात्त्विकं स्मृतम् ॥ २० ॥
dātavyamiti yaddānaṃ dīyate’nupakāriṇe .
deśe kāle ca pātre ca taddānaṃ sāttvikaṃ smṛtam .. 20 ..
That gift which is given—knowing it to be a duty to give—to one who does no service, in place and in time and to a worthy person, that gift is held Sattvic.
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Given to one, etc. : to one who cannot return the good, or to one from whom, though able to return the good, no such return is expected. Place : Kurukṣetra &c. Time : Samkranti (passage of the sun from one Zodiacal sign to another), etc. Worthy : as learned in the six sciences (angas) etc.