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## Seventh Canto
1. Just as water becomes bitter in a neem tree, intoxicating in kodra, and poisonous in the mouth of a serpent, so too, charity given to an unworthy person brings adverse results. || 118 ||
2. Since charity given to a worthy person brings good results, charity given to an unworthy person brings bad results, and charity given to an ineligible person brings sorrow, therefore, one should give charity only to worthy people. || 119 ||
3. Just as a pure crystal becomes fractured due to external influences, so too, the fruit of charity is affected by the nature of the recipient. || 120 ||
4. A person with pure vision, who desires the welfare of others, will attain heaven by giving charity to worthy people. || 121 ||
Then, as the two initial periods of time, which were the cause of happiness, passed, and the third period, equal to one-eighth of the remaining time, was left, and the Kalpa trees, which were previously abundant, began to diminish gradually, the origin of the Kulkaras occurred in this region. O Shrenika! I will now narrate the origin of those Kulkaras, listen attentively. || 122-123 ||
Fourteen Kulkaras were born in succession in the southern part of Bharat, between the great rivers Ganga and Sindhu. || 124 ||
The first among those Kulkaras was Pratiśruti. He was endowed with great influence and was mindful of his past lives. || 125 ||
During his time, the people saw two circular objects, resembling the bells of celestial elephants, in the sky, along with the moon and the sun, on the full moon day. They were terrified and worried about a possible calamity. They gathered together and approached Pratiśruti, seeking refuge. || 126-127 ||
"O King of Men! What are these two unprecedented objects, circular in shape, appearing at the ends of the sky, causing us fear?" || 128 ||
"Alas! This sudden and unbearable fear has befallen us. Has a great calamity, insurmountable for the people, arrived?" || 129 ||
Being asked thus, Pratiśruti said, "O people! Do not fear, nothing is to be feared for us. Be at ease. I will tell you what these are." || 130 ||
"O noble men! This is the sun, surrounded by a halo of light, in the west. And in the east, you see the moon." || 131 ||