Manusmriti
सर्वेषामेव दानानां ब्रह्मदानं विशिष्यते । वार्यन्नगोमहीवासस्।तिलकाञ्चनसर्पिषाम् ॥ २३३ ॥
The gift of the Veda surpasses all other gifts, water, food, cows, land, clothes, sesamum, gold, and clarified butter.
english translation
sarveSAmeva dAnAnAM brahmadAnaM viziSyate । vAryannagomahIvAsas।tilakAJcanasarpiSAm ॥ 233 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript