Mahabharata 13.65.2

13.65.2

bhīṣma uvāca |
upānahau prayacchedyo brāhmaṇebhyaḥ samāhitaḥ |
mardate kaṇṭakānsarvānviṣamānnistaratyapi |
sa śatrūṇāmupari ca saṃtiṣṭhati yudhiṣṭhira || 2 ||

"Bhishma said, 'The man, that gives unto the Brahmanas sandals for the protection of their feet, succeeds in crushing all thorns and gets over every kind of difficulty. Such a man, O Yudhishthira, stays over the heads of all his foes. Vehicles of pure splendour, with mules harnessed thereto, and made of gold and silver, O monarch, approach him. He who makes a gift of sandals is said to earn the merit of making the gift of a vehicle with well-broken steeds yoked thereto.'