BG 17.20
A pure gift is one that is given with no expectation of anything in return, at the proper time and place to a deserving person.
देशे काले च पात्रे च तद्दानं सात्त्विकं स्मृतम्
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dātavyam — worthy of charity
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iti — thus
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yad — which
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dānaṁ — charity
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dīyate — is given
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‘nupakāriṇe — to one who cannot give in return
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deśhe — in the proper place
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kāle — at the proper time
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cha — and
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pātre — to a worthy person
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cha — and
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tad — that
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dānaṁ — charity
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sāttvikaṁ — in the mode of goodness
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smṛitam — is stated to be
A pure gift is one that is given with no expectation of anything in return, at the proper time and place to a deserving person. The gift which is given for the sake of the results it will produce, or given grudgingly, is a product of passion. That gift which is given at the wrong place and the wrong time, to an unworthy recipient, without due respect or with contempt, is a gift born of ignorance.
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