Bhishma said All these are equal. The fitness of some consists in their soliciting alms for celebrating sacrifices or for paying the preceptor's fee or for maintaining their wives and children. The fitness of some, for receiving gifts, consists in their following the vow of wandering over the Earth, never soliciting anything but receiving when given. We should also give to one what one seeks.
भीष्म उवाच क्रिया भवति केषांचिदुपांशुव्रतमुत्तमम्। यो यो याचेत यत् किञ्चित् सर्वं दद्याम इत्यपि॥