Selfcontrol is more meritorious than gift. A giver, after making a gift to the Brahmanas, may yield to the influence of anger. A selfcontrolled man, however, never gives way to anger. Hence self-control is superior to gift.
दानैर्यज्ञैश्च विविधैस्तथा दान्ताः क्षमान्विताः। दानाद् दमो विशिष्टो हि ददत् किञ्चिद् द्विजातये।।१४