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Sanskrit · Devanagari

दातव्यमिति यद्दानं दीयतेऽनुपकारिणे। देशे काले च पात्रे च तद्दानं सात्त्विकं स्मृतम् ॥

Sanskrit · IAST

dātavyamiti yaddānaṃ dīyate.anupakāriṇe deśe kāle ca pātre ca taddānaṃ sāttvikaṃ smṛtam

or for the destruction of another. That gift is said (to be) good which is given because it ought to be given to one who (can) do no service (in return) at a (proper) place and time an d to a (proper) person. But that gift which is given with much difficulty

This verse-level alignment is machine-assisted and awaits two independent human checks. Confidence signal: 45%.