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PAÑCALINGĪPRAKARANAM : 145
Dānam na hoi vihalami
pattamapatte ya samniujjantam / Iya vi bhaộie dosā
pasamsao kimi pupa apatto // 74 || Dānam na bhavti viphalam pātrāpātre samniyujyamānam / Ityapi bhaạite dosā praśamsataḥ kimi puno 'patrani || 74 ||
It is wrong to say : charity to deserving
or otherwise is never unrewarding | So is praising charity to undesrving,
and is certainly merit thwarting || 74 ||
74. It is wrong to say that charity to the desrving or otherwise is never unrewarding. It is more so to praise the charity to the undesrving as it encourages the giver to be indiscriminate.
To encourage the giver for indiscriminate charity by saying that charity to the desrving and the undesrving is never unrewarding and quoting the quotes like, “Only those with mean and poor character do not feel ashamed in assessing the worth of the receiver of charity of food, clothes, etc” is flawed, then what to say of praising the charity to the undesrving? It is certainly as flawed as disobedience, falsification, strengthening the wrong ways of the wayward and going against the tenets of the faith. Therefore, it is improper for the monks to motivate the givers to give charity to the undesrving and to praise such charity.
