The merit which the giver wins by making the gift is equal to what the taker acquires by accepting the food Both the giver and the taker depend equally upon each other. This is what the Rishis have said.
यदेव ददतः पुण्यं तदेव प्रतिगृह्णतः। न ह्येकचक्रं वर्तेत इत्येवमृषयो विदुः॥