Sarve-ṣhaam api daanaa-naam
Brahma daanam vishiṣhyate
Vaary’anna go mahee vaasaḥ
Tila kaañchana sarpiṣhaam – 4:233
The gift of knowledge surpasses all other gifts – be it water, food, cows, land, clothes, sesame, gold, or clarified butter.
Yena yena tu bhaawena
Yad yad daanam prayach-chhati
Tat tat tenai’va bhaawena
Praa’pnoti prati poojitaḥ – 4:234
We give gifts with a certain sentiment [of nobility]. In return, we are honored by obtaining that very gift with the same [noble] sentiment.
Yo’rchitam prati-grih-ṇaati
Dadaatya’rchitam eva cha
Taav-ubhau gach-chhataḥ swargam
Narakam tu viparyaye – 4:235
When one person respectfully receives a gift, and another respectfully gives a gift, then both the receiver and giver experience bliss. When the opposite happens, they both experience agony.
Na vismayeta tapasaa
Vaded ishtwaa cha naanritam
Naa’rtto’pya-pa-vaded vipraan
Na dattwaa pari-keertayet – 4:236
Let him not boast, nor be proud, about his austerities; let him not utter a false statement after he has performed a Vedic ritual; even though he feels tormented by them, let him not condemn teachers of knowledge; let him not brag about a gift he has given.
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