Penances, sacrifice, Vedic learning, good conduct, absence of cupidity, firmness in truth, adoration of elders, preceptors, and the deities, all these live in him who makes a gift of earth.
तपो यज्ञः श्रुतं शीलमलोभः सत्यसंधता। गुरुदैवतपूजा च एता वर्तन्ति भूमिदम्॥