Gift is said to be of two sorts : gifts for the other world, and those for this. Whatever is given to the good yields fruits to the giver in the other world.
दानं तु द्विविधं प्राहुः परत्रार्थमिहैव च। सद्भ्यो यद् दीयते किंचित् तत्परत्रोपतिष्ठते॥