The divine chastiser of Paka has attributed these merits to the gift of vessels of copper and brass filled with sesame seeds. He who makes gifts of kine, he who makes gifts of land which yield eternal merit, he who performs the Agnishthoma sacrifice with profuse presents in the form of Dakshina to the Brahmanas are all considered by the celestials as acquiring merits equal to those which one acquires by making gifts of vessels filled with sesame seeds.
तिलपात्रे फलं प्राह भगवान् पाकशासनः। गोप्रदानं च यः कुर्याद् भूमिदानं च शाश्वतम्॥ अग्निष्टोमं च यो यज्ञं यजेत बहुदक्षिणम्। तिलपात्रं सहैतेन समं मन्यन्ति देवताः॥