O Yudhishthira, Therefore (even) abstaining from other kinds of gifts, give away food. There is no virtue so great as that of giving well-cooked and pure food to the Brahmanas according to one's ability. That man by his this act obtains the companionship of Prajapati.
तस्मात् त्वं सर्वदानानि हित्वान्नं सम्प्रयच्छ हा॥ न हीदृशं पुण्यफलं विचित्रमिह विद्यते। यथाशक्ति च यो दद्यादन्नं विप्रेषु संस्कृतम्॥ स तेन कर्मणाऽऽमोति प्रजापतिसलोकताम्।