That person who knows this Vedic saying about the merits of a gift of earth, succeeds in rescuing ten generations of both his paternal and maternal families. Earth is the original source of all creatures. It has been said that the god of fire is the presiding genius of earth.
पुनाति य इदं वेद वेदवादं तथैव च। प्रकृतिः सर्वभूतानां भूमिर्वैश्वानरी मता॥