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104 lines
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{
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"book_title": "Bhagavad-gītā As It Is",
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"chapter": 17,
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"verse": 20,
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"reference": "Bg 17.20",
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"devanagari": "दातव्यमिति यद्दानं दीयते ऽनुपकारिणे\nदेशे काले च पात्रे च तद्दानं सात्त्विकं स्मृतम्",
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"transliteration": "dātavyam iti yad dānaṁ\ndīyate 'nupakāriṇe\ndeśe kāle ca pātre ca\ntad dānaṁ sāttvikaṁ smṛtam",
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"synonyms": [
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{
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"word": "dātavyam",
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"meanings": [
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"worth giving"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "iti",
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"meanings": [
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"thus"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "yat",
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"meanings": [
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"that which"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "dānam",
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"meanings": [
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"charity"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "dīyate",
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"meanings": [
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"given"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "anupakāriṇe",
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"meanings": [
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"to any person irrespective of doing good"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "dese",
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"meanings": [
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"in place"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "kāle",
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"meanings": [
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"in time"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "ca",
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"meanings": [
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"also"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "pātre",
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"meanings": [
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"suitable person"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "ca",
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"meanings": [
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"and"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "tat",
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"meanings": [
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"that"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "dānam",
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"meanings": [
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"charity"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "sāttvikam",
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"meanings": [
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"in the mode of goodness"
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]
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},
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{
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"word": "smṛtam",
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"meanings": [
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"consider."
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]
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}
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],
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"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>",
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"purport": [
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"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."
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]
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} |