{
  "book_title": "Bhagavad-gītā As It Is",
  "chapter": 17,
  "verse": 20,
  "reference": "Bg 17.20",
  "devanagari": "दातव्यम् इति यद्दानं दीयते ऽनुपकारिणे\nदेशे काले च पात्रे च तद्दानं सात्त्विकं स्मृतम्",
  "transliteration": "dātavyam iti yad dānaṁ\ndīyate 'nupakāriṇe\ndeśe kāle ca pātre ca\ntad dānaṁ sāttvikaṁ smṛtam",
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "dātavyam",
      "meanings": [
        "worth giving"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "iti",
      "meanings": [
        "thus"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "yat",
      "meanings": [
        "that which"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "dānam",
      "meanings": [
        "charity"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "dīyate",
      "meanings": [
        "given"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "anupakāriṇe",
      "meanings": [
        "to any person irrespective of doing good"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "dese",
      "meanings": [
        "in place"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "kāle",
      "meanings": [
        "in time"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "ca",
      "meanings": [
        "also"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "pātre",
      "meanings": [
        "suitable person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "ca",
      "meanings": [
        "and"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "tat",
      "meanings": [
        "that"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "dānam",
      "meanings": [
        "charity"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "sāttvikam",
      "meanings": [
        "in the mode of goodness"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "smṛtam",
      "meanings": [
        "consider."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translation": "<b>That gift which is given out of duty, at the proper time and place, to a worthy person, and without expectation of return, is considered to be charity in the mode of goodness.</b>",
  "purport": [
    "In the Vedic literature, charity given to a person engaged in spiritual activities is recommended. There is no recommendation for giving charity indiscriminately. Spiritual perfection is always a consideration. Therefore charity is recommended to be given at a place of pilgrimage and at lunar or solar eclipses or at the end of the month or to a qualified <i>brāhmaṇa </i>or a Vaiṣṇava (devotee) or in temples. Such charities should be given without any consideration of return. Charity to the poor is sometimes given out of compassion, but if a poor man is not worth giving charity to, then there is no spiritual advancement. In other words, indiscriminate charity is not recommended in the Vedic literature."
  ]
}