The Snake replied The superiority or inferiority among charity, truthfulness, forbearance from malice and sweet speech is estimated at by the benefit which each of these tends to produce.
सर्प उवाच दानं च सत्यं तत्त्वं वा अहिंसा प्रियमेव च। एषां कार्यगरीयस्त्वाद् दृश्यते गुरुलाघवम्॥