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दातव्यम इति यद दानं दीयते ऽनुपकारिणे
देशे काले च पात्रे च तद दानं सात्त्विकं समृतम
dātavyam iti yad dānaṁ
dīyate ’nupakāriṇe
deśe kāle ca pātre ca
tad dānaṁ sāttvikaṁ smṛtam
WORD BY WORD — PALAVRA POR PALAVRA
| dātavyam |  | worth giving | | | | iti | | thus | | | | yat | | that which | | | | dānam | | charity | | | | dīyate | | is given | | | | anupakāriṇe | | irrespective of return | | | | deśe | | in a proper place | | | | kāle | | at a proper time | | | | ca | | also | | | | pātre | | to a suitable person | | | | ca | | and | | | | tat | | that | | | | dānam | | charity | | | | sāttvikam | | in the mode of goodness | | | | smṛtam | | is considered | | |
TRANSLATION — TRADUÇÃO
 | Charity given out of duty, without expectation of return, at the proper time and place, and to a worthy person is considered to be in the mode of goodness.
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PURPORT — SIGNIFICADO
| | In the Vedic literature, charity given to a person engaged in spiritual activities is recommended. There is no recommendation for giving charity indiscriminately. Spiritual perfection is always a consideration. Therefore charity is recommended to be given at a place of pilgrimage and at lunar or solar eclipses or at the end of the month or to a qualified brāhmaṇa or a Vaiṣṇava (devotee) or in temples. Such charities should be given without any consideration of return. Charity to the poor is sometimes given out of compassion, but if a poor man is not worth giving charity to, then there is no spiritual advancement. In other words, indiscriminate charity is not recommended in the Vedic literature.
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