Mahabharat

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[वयास] दानान न दुष्करतरं पृथिव्याम अस्ति किं चन अर्थे हि महती तृष्णा स च दुःखेन लभ्यते ।। ३-२४५-२७ ।।

sanskrit

'Vyasa said: "O child, there is nothing more difficult to practice in this world than charity. Men have an intense longing for wealth, and acquiring it is fraught with hardship."' ।। 3-245-27 ।।

english translation

[vayAsa] dAnAna na duSkarataraM pRthivyAma asti kiM cana arthe hi mahatI tRSNA sa ca duHkhena labhyate || 3-245-27 ||

hk transliteration