| 20. That gift
which is givenknowing it to be a duty to giveto one who does no service,
in place and in time and to a worthy person, that gift is held Sattvic.
(Given to one, etc.: to one who cannot return the good, or to one from whom,
though able to return the good, no such return is expected. Place: Kurukshetra
&c. Time: Samkranti (passage of the sun from one Zodiacal sign to another),
etc. Worthy: as learned in the six sciences (angas) etc. |