Yudhishthira said Which among these three persons, O grandfather should be regarded as the best for making gifts, viz., one who is a thorough stranger, or one who is living with and known to the giver for a long time, or one who comes to the giver from a long distance?
युधिष्ठिर उवाच अपूर्वश्च भवेत् पात्रमथवापि चिरोषितः। दूरादभ्यागतं चापि किं पात्रं स्यात् पितामह॥