Giving

Ishtan bhogan hi vo deva dasyante yajna-bhavitah, tair dattan apradayaibhyo yo bhunkte stena eva sah

Nourished by sacrifice, the gods will grant you all the enjoyments you desire. But one who enjoys their gifts without offering anything back to them is indeed a thief.

Yajna-shishtamrita-bhujo yanti brahma sanatanam, nayam loko 'sty ayajnasya kuto 'nyah kuru-sattama

Those who eat the remnants of sacrifice — the nectar left over — attain the eternal Brahman. This world is not for the one who does not sacrifice; how then the next world, O best of the Kurus?

Datavyam iti yad danam diyate 'nupakarine, deshe kale cha patre cha tad danam sattvikam smritam

Charity given to a worthy person simply because it is right to give, without consideration of anything in return, at the proper time and place—such charity is of the nature of goodness.

yat tu pratyupakarartham phalam uddisya va punah, diyate ca pariklishtam tad danam rajasam smritam

Charity given grudgingly, with the expectation of a return favor or with a future reward in mind, is declared to be rajasic.

adesa-kale yad danam apatrebhyas ca diyate, asat-kritam avajnatam tat tamasam udahritam

Charity given at the wrong place and time, to unworthy recipients, without respect, and with contempt is declared to be tamasic.