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18. Fortanate persons arrange an offering of various Parable articles combined with saucos etc and well-boiled rice and other food-materials for the purpose of digging out the treasure of happiness.
19. Or, of what extent is this little? Meritorious persons employ whatevey excellent object there is, for the use of the supreme Lord of the Tirtha.
20. Gift, also, given, without expecting any worldly benefits, produces a succession of welfare resulting in Meritorious Karmas which is the cause of association with Sugati (bappiness)
21. That, again, is spoken of as of three kinds. Viz 1 Abhayapradana dāda, 2. Jääna-dana (imaparting of kaowledge ) and 3 Dharmopastambha dāna for those who are actually following their religious rites,
22. There, abhayapradana dăna (granting of security Do living beings) is, also, well-domowa among ordinary, as well su, extraordinary-Astras, and it is oot-prohibited under all conditions of life for those who are devoted to che fulfilment of Complete Attainment.
23. Wise persong do Bot ever applause a dharma (religious doctrine) devoid of abhaya-daga ( granting of security to living belags), in the same way, as a king destitute of discri. tainatton.
24. Besides, the imparting of knowledge makes clear the object, like a lamp, and it is like a strong boat for crossing otte, to living beinige fallen into obe ocean of worldly existeman.
25. It is the Indicator of the right path to Sivapur (Śiva's town) like an excellens traveller to poraons going by tho wrong way in the formidable forest of dangerou mithyatan ( false belief)
26 The third (dana), agała, results from the employment of a gift of medicines, clothes, utensils, shawis sed other articles vo Sadhūs practising religious rites,
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