Shloka 41
Dharma-vyādha’s Analysis of Moral Decline and the Mahābhūta–Guṇa Schema (धर्मव्याधोपदेशः)
धान्यं श्रमेणार्जितवित्तसंचितं विप्रे सुशीले च प्रयच्छते यः । वसुन्धरा तस्य भवेत् सुतुष्टा धारां वसूनां प्रतिमुज्चतीव,जो अपने परिश्रमसे उपार्जित और संचित किया हुआ धन-धान्य सुशील ब्राह्मणको दान करता है, उसके ऊपर वसुधादेवी अत्यन्त संतुष्ट होती और उसके लिये धनकी धारा- सी बहाती हैं
dhānyaṃ śrameṇārjitavittasañcitaṃ vipre suśīle ca prayacchate yaḥ | vasundharā tasya bhavet sutuṣṭā dhārāṃ vasūnāṃ pratimuñcatīva ||
Mārkaṇḍeya said: “Whoever gives to a virtuous, well-conducted brāhmaṇa the grain and wealth that he has earned through his own labor and carefully stored—upon him the Earth-goddess becomes exceedingly pleased, as though she were releasing for him a flowing stream of riches.”
मार्कण्डेय उवाच