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[[Category:Bhagavad-gita As It Is (1972) - Chapter 17]]
<div style="float:left">'''[[Bhagavad-gita As It Is (1972)]] - [[BG 17 (1972)|Chapter 17: The Divisions of Faith]]'''</div>
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==== TEXT 20 ====

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:दातव्यमिति यद्दानं दीयतेऽनुपकारिणे ।
:देशे काले च पात्रे च तद्दानं सात्त्विकं स्मृतम् ॥२०॥
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:dātavyam iti yad dānaṁ
:dīyate 'nupakāriṇe
:deśe kāle ca pātre ca
:tad dānaṁ sāttvikaṁ smṛtam
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==== SYNONYMS ====

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''dātavyam''—worth giving; ''iti''—thus; ''yat''—that which; ''dānam''—charity; ''dīyate''—given; ''anupakāriṇe''—to any person irrespective of doing good; ''dese''—in place; ''kāle''—in time; ''ca''—also; ''pātre''—suitable person; ''ca''—and; ''tat''—that; ''dānam''—charity; ''sāttvikam''—in the mode of goodness; ''smṛtam''—consider.
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==== TRANSLATION ====

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That gift which is given out of duty, at the proper time and place, to a worthy person, and without expectation of return, is considered to be charity in the mode of goodness.
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==== PURPORT ====

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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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