It should be given to one who has faith, or one who has merit, or one who does not speak ill of others, or one who is given to penances from the purest of motives, or one who is endued with knowledge and wisdom, or one who performs sacrifices and other rites laid down in the Vedas, or one who has a forgiving nature, or one who feels compassion on and does good to all crcatures; or one who is fond of living in privacy and solitude, or one who is fond of performing all acts laid down in the scriptures, or one who does not like to quarrel, or one who is endued with great learning, or one having wisdom, or one possessed of forgiveness and self-control and tranquillity of soul.
श्रद्धान्वितायाथ गुणान्विताय परापवादाद् विरताय नित्यम्। विशुद्धयोगाय बुधाय नित्यं क्रियावते च क्षमिणे हिताय॥ विविक्तशीलाय विधिप्रियाय विवादहीनाय बहुश्रुताय) विजानते चैव न चाहितक्षमे दमे च शक्ताय शमे च देयम्॥