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Mahabharata 13.37.5

Mahābhārata 13.37.5

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13.37.5

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
apīḍayā ca bhṛtyānāṃ dharmasyāhiṃsayā tathā |
pātraṃ vidyāma tattvena yasmai dattaṃ na saṃtapet || 5 ||

"Yudhishthira said, 'It is true that we should make gifts unto others without afflicting anyone and without doing violence to the ordinances of the scriptures. One should, however, correctly ascertain who the person is that should be regarded as a proper object for making gifts. He should be such that the gift itself, by being made over to him, may not grieve.'

Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

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