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Chapter 3.245 - Verse 33

Sanskrit Text

पात्रे दानं स्वल्पमपि काले दत्तं युधिष्ठिर मनसा सुविशुद्धेन प्रेत्यानन्तफलं स्मृतम्

English Translation

O Yudhishthira, it has been said that by bestowing in a pure spirit even a slight gift in due time and to a fit recipient a man obtains inexhaustible fruits in the next world. In this connection a story is told about the fruit obtained by Mudgala by giving away only a Drona of corn.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

उपासते | सभायां | स्म | कुन्ती + पुत्र | युधिष्ठिरम्
मनसा | सुविशुद्धेन | प्रे + अनन्त + फल | स्मृतम्