You have now, O foremost of Bharata's race, heard what the scriptural declarations are about the acquisition of great merit by the making of gifts. Hear from me now, of those acts that lead to hell or heaven.
महाफलविधिने श्रुतस्ते भरतर्षभ। निरयं येन गच्छन्ति स्वर्गे चैव हि तच्छृणु॥