Then well pleased that best of twice-born ones, the ascetic Vasistha, said to them, Do not give away disrespectfully or lightly. A gift bestowed with disrespect, indubitably destroy the giver.
ततः प्रीतो द्विजश्रेष्ठस्तान् सर्वान् मुनिरब्रवीत्। अवज्ञया न दातव्यं कस्याचिल्लीलयापि वा॥ अवज्ञया कृतं हन्याद् दातारं नात्र संशयः।