Shiva Purana

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यत्सेवकाय दत्तं स्यात्तत्पादफलदं विदुः । जातिमात्रस्य विप्रस्य दीनवृत्तेर्द्विजर्षभाः २२ ।

sanskrit

Monetary gifts to servants accord only one-fourth benefit. O excellent brahmins, charitable gifts to an indigent person, only because he is born a brahmin, accord worldly enjoyment for ten years.

english translation

yatsevakAya dattaM syAttatpAdaphaladaM viduH | jAtimAtrasya viprasya dInavRtterdvijarSabhAH 22 |

hk transliteration