Yogabindu

Author(s): Haribhadrasuri, K K Dixit
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

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INTRODUCTORY
a mode of conduct that necessitates no reliance on a deity-it is desirable that he should develop no feeling of antipathy towards the deities other than his favourite one.
पात्रे दीनादिवर्गे च दानं विधिवदिष्यते ।
पोष्यवर्गाविरोधेन न विरुद्धं स्वतश्च यत् ॥१२१॥
patre dinadivarge ca danam vidhivad isyatel posyavargavirodhena na viruddhaṁ svataś ca yat ||121|| ·
It is desirable that one should duly offer charity to the deserving ones and to the poor etc., a charity that does not go against the interests of one's dependents; moreover, what is donated should not be such as goes against the (spiritual) interests of either party.
व्रतस्था लिङ्गिनः पात्रमपचास्तु विशेषतः । स्वसिद्धान्ताविरोधेन वर्तन्ते ये सदैव हि ॥ १२२॥
oratastha linginaḥ patram apacās tu viseşataḥ svasiddhantavirodhena vartante je sadaiva hill122||
The persons deserving charity are those who observe ethical vowsparticularly those among them who do not do their own cooking; and an additional necessary qualification of these persons is that they never violate the teaching of their respective scriptures.
दीनान्धकृपणा ये तु व्याधिग्रस्ता विशेषतः ।
निःस्वाः क्रियान्तरशक्ता एतद्वर्गो हि मीलकः ॥ १२३॥
dinandhakṛpaṇā ye tu vyādhigrastā viseṣataḥ niḥsvāḥ kriyāntarāśaktā etadvargo hi milakaḥ||123||
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Another set of persons who deserve charity comprises those with lost working capacity, the blind, those automatically rousing compassion, the diseased-they in particular, the moneyless, and those without another source of livelihood.
दत्तं यदुपकाराय द्वयोरप्युपजायते ।
नातुरापध्य तुल्यं तु तदेतद् विधिवन्मतम् ॥ १२४ ॥
dattam yad upakārāya dvayor apy upajāyate/ naturapathyatulyam tu tad etad vidhivan matam][124||
By a duly offered charity is meant such a one as proves beneficial to both the parties concerned; in any case, it should not prove to be of the nature of an edible which, when consumed by a suffering persons, goes to aggravate his ailment.