Men having wealth of penances, by giving away, to the best of their power, grains of corn picked up from the fields or roots or fruits or potherbs or water or leaves, acquire great merit and proceed to the celestial region.
उञ्छं मूलं फलं शाकमुदपात्रं तपोधनाः। दानं विभवतो दत्त्वा नरा: स्वयन्ति धार्मिकाः॥