As those libations of clarified butter that are poured upon the extinguished ashes of a sacrificial fire never reach either the gods or the departed Manes, similarly a gift that is inade to a dancer or a singer or a Dakshina presented to a lying or deceitful person, yields no merit.
उभौ हिनस्ति न भुनक्ति चैषा या चानृते दक्षिणा दीयते वै। आघातिनी गर्हितैषा पतन्ती तेषां प्रेतान् पातयेद् देवयानात्॥