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Chapter 3.245 - Verse 34

Sanskrit Text

अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् व्रीहिद्रोणपरित्यागाद्यत्फलं प्राप मुद्गलः

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)

अत्र + अपि + उदाहृ + इदम् | इतिहासं | पुरातनम्
व्रीहि + द्रोण + परित्याग | यत् | फलं | प्राप | मुद्गलः