O descendant of Bharata, he who, having accepted a gift, gives it away immediately to a person who is virtuous and honest, obtains great merit. He certainly obtains the fruit of giving away the whole earth to her utmost limits with her oceans, seas and caves, her mountains and forests and woods.
प्रतिग्रहं गृहीत्वा यः पुनर्ददति साधवे। फलानां फलमश्नाति तदा दत्त्वा च भारत॥ ससमुद्रगुहा तेन सशैलवनकानना। चतुरन्ता भवेद् दत्त पृथिवी नात्र संशयः॥