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Chapter 13.58
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Sanskrit Text
दत्तं
मन्येत
यद्दत्त्वा
तद्दानं
श्रेष्ठमुच्यते
।
दत्तं
दातारमन्वेति
यद्दानं
भरतर्षभ
॥
English Translation
Bhishma said An assurance to all creatures of love and affection and abstention from every sort of injury, acts of kindness and favour done to a person in distress, gifts, of articles made to one who solicits with thirst and agreeable to the solicitor's wishes, and whatever gifts are made without the giver's ever thinking of them as gifts made by him, form, O chief of Bharata's race, the highest and best of gifts.
Padaccheda (Word Analysis)
दत्तं | मन्येत | यद् | दत्त्वा | तद् | दानं | श्रेष्ठम् | उच्यते
दातारं | दत्तम् | अन्वेति | यद् | दानं | तत् | प्रचक्ष्व | मे
दातारं | दत्तम् | अन्वेति | यद् | दानं | तत् | प्रचक्ष्व | मे