We should however, make gifts without afflicting those who depend upon us. This is what we have heard. By afflicting one's dependants, one afflicts his own self.
अपीडयन् भृत्यवर्गमित्येवमनुशुश्रुम। पीडयन् भृत्यवर्गं हि आत्मानमपकर्षति॥