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contempt or indifference or jealousy for the recipient. Moreover he should not regret having given the gift and should not feel unhappy about it. A consideration of these things is Dravyavichara. Patravichara 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.
धम्मस्स जणणी दया ॥
Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
Dammassa Janani daya.
Daya or kindness is the mother of Dharma or rightousness.
What is that dharma? It is kindness or giving help to others. Dana or gift is the concrete and constructive manifestation 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:
शतेषु जायते शूरः, सहस्रेषु च पण्डितः । वक्ता दशसहस्रेषु, दाता भवति वा न वा ॥
Shateshu jayathe shurah; Sahasreshu cha panditah Vakta dasasahasreshu
databhavati 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.
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