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the recipient. Moreover he should not regret having given the gift and should not feel unhappy about it. A consideration of these things is Dravyavichāra. Pātravichara is a consideration of the fitness of the recipient to receive the gift. In other words, the giver should see whether the recipient deserves the gift or not. That is whether he will make a proper use of the gift or not.
Kindness or the act of giving a gift is the root of all virtues in man. Kindness or benevolence has been described as being the mother of dharma or the religious temperament.
धम्मस जणणी दया ।
Dammassa Janani dayā. Daya or kindness is the mother of Dharma or rightousness
What is that dharma? It is kindness or giving help to others. Dāna or gist is the concrete and constructive mani. festation of kindness. A man cannot give away a gift in the real sense of the word, until and unless he has compassion and commiseration for the needy. The following stanza describes the rarity of the quality of charity: Tag ud te:
ABT agfosa: वक्ता दशसहस्रेषु
ETT Hafar a Tarif Shateshu jayathe shurah;
Sahasreshu cha panditah Vaktā daśasahasreshu
dātā bhavati va na va One out of a hundred becomes a hero, one out of a thousand becomes a scholar; one out of ten thousand becomes an orator but a benevolent man may appear or may not at all appear. In other words, a benevolent man rarely appears. G.S.-10
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