Mahabharata 13.65.3

13.65.3

yānaṃ cāśvatarīyuktaṃ tasya śubhraṃ viśāṃ pate |
upatiṣṭhati kaunteya rūpyakāñcanabhūṣaṇam |
śakaṭaṃ damyasaṃyuktaṃ dattaṃ bhavati caiva hi || 3 ||

"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.'