All those rites laid down in the Vedas which you highly speak of, do not equal a gift for, gift is undoubtedly fraught with very superior merit.
यानीमान्युत्तमानीह वेदोक्तानि प्रशंससि। तेषां श्रेष्ठतरं दानमिति मे नात्र संशयः॥