When a man performs any meritorious act, assisted by what he has got in gift from another, he acquires portion of that merit.
यश्चैव धर्मं कुरुते तस्य धर्मफलं च यत्। सर्वस्यैवांशभाग् दाता तं निमित्तं प्रवृत्तयः॥