Whatever sins a man commits from want of the means of livelihood, are all washed off by gift of only so much earth as is covered by a cowhide.
यत् किंचित् पुरुषः पापं कुरुते वृत्तिकर्शितः। अपि गोचर्ममात्रेण भूमिदानेन पूयते॥