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Skandapurana 6.3.50.39

Skandapurāṇa 6.3.50.39

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6.3.50.39

abhigamyottamaṃ dānaṃ smṛtamāhūya madhyamam .
yācyamānaṃ kanīyaḥ syāddehi dehīti cādhamam .. 50.39 ..

A gift given after approaching is taught to be highest; one given having summoned [the recipient] is middling; / one given when being asked would be inferior; and one given upon [repeated pleading], 'Give, give!' is lowest.

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