The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.41.20

6.41.20

dātavyameveti buddhyā yaddānaṃ pradeyadravyaṃ dīyate na tu phalamuddiśya dīyate | kasmai anupakāriṇe pratyupakārāsamarthāya | deśe kurukṣetrādau kāle saṅkrāntyādau yaddīyate tatsāttvikamiti sambandhaḥ | yacca pātre dānaṃ samarpaṇaṃ tadapi sāttvikamiti yojanā | atra ādyo dānaśabdaḥ karmaṇi vyutpannaḥ pradeyadravyavācī karmabhūtaḥ | tatsaṃyogātsampradāne caturthyapekṣā | dvitīyastu bhāvavyutpannastyāgamātravācī | tena tatra pātrabhūte puṃsi na caturthyapekṣā “karmaṇā yamabhipraiti sa sampradānam” iti hi pāribhāṣikyāḥ sampradānasañjñāyā atra karmavibhaktyabhāvenāpravṛtteḥ | tena pātre iti caturthyarthe saptamīti vā , pātṛśabdasya caturthīyamiti vā kalpanaṃ vyarthameva | dānaśabdasyāvṛttyā ca deśakālānupakāritvaviśiṣṭe dānamityekā koṭiḥ | pātre dānamityaparā | ubhayasamuccaye tu mahānguṇa iti bhāvaḥ ||