The gift to an untruthful man, to one who officiates at sacrifices performed by all classes of people residing in a village, to one that sells the Vedas to a Brahmana who cooks for a Shudra, to one who is by birth a Brahmana, but who does not perform the duties of his order, is all in vain. The gift to one who has married a girl already in her puberty, to a woman, to one who sports with a snake and to one who is engaged in minimal services, is also in vain. These are the sixteen useless charities.
गुरौ चानृतिके पापे कृतघ्ने ग्रामयाजके। वेदविक्रयिणे दत्तं तथा वृषलयाजके॥ ब्रह्मबन्धुषु यद् दत्तं यद् दत्तं वृषलीपतौ। स्त्रीजनेषु च यद् दत्तं व्यालग्राहे तथैव च॥ परिचारकेषु यद् दत्तं वृथा दानानि षोडश।