Yudhishthira said I have heard, O sire, of the merits of the different kinds of gift which you have described to me. I understand, O Bharata, that the gift of food is especially praiseworthy and superior.
युधिष्ठिर उवाच श्रुतं दानफलं तात यत् त्वया परिकीर्तितम्। अन्नदानं विशेषेण प्रशस्तमिह भारत॥