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Mahabharat

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दातव्यमिति यद्दानं दीयतेऽनुपकारिणे । देशे काले च पात्रे च तद्दानं सात्त्विकं स्मृतम्॥६-३९-२०॥

Charity given from the conviction that it ought to be given—offered to one who cannot repay, and given at the proper place, time, and to a suitable recipient—is remembered as sāttvika.

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