There is nothing so everlasting as a gift. Is there any thing in the three worlds that is more auspicious? It is therefore that they who are greatly intelligent say that there is nothing higher in the three worlds than making gifts.
परं हि दानान्न बभूव शाश्वत्तं भव्यं त्रिलोके भवते कुतः पुनः। तस्मात् प्रधानं परमं हि दानं वदन्ति लोकेषु विशिष्टबुद्धयः॥