O Yudhishthira, it has been said that by bestowing in a pure spirit even a slight gift in due time and to a fit recipient a man obtains inexhaustible fruits in the next world. In this connection a story is told about the fruit obtained by Mudgala by giving away only a Drona of corn.
पात्रे दानं स्वल्पमपि काले दत्तं युधिष्ठिर। मनसा हि विशुद्धेन प्रेत्यानन्तफलं स्मृतम्॥ अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम्। व्रीहिद्रोणपरित्यागाद् यत् फलं प्राप मुद्गलः॥