सुवर्णादि यथाशक्त्या वित्तशाठ्यं विवर्जयेत् । गुप्तं दानं प्रयत्नेन कर्त्तव्यं सुप्रयत्नतः
suvarṇādi yathāśaktyā vittaśāṭhyaṃ vivarjayet | guptaṃ dānaṃ prayatnena karttavyaṃ suprayatnataḥ
Hãy bố thí vàng và các vật quý khác tùy theo khả năng, tránh keo kiệt về của cải. Lại nên làm việc bố thí một cách kín đáo, cẩn trọng và hết lòng tinh tấn.
Brahmā (deduced for Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Ayodhyā-kṣetra (Sarayū-tīrtha context)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim in Ayodhyā offers gold discreetly to a worthy recipient near a riverbank/ghāṭa, with attendants turned away; the act is quiet, reverent, and unpublicized.
True charity is humble and proportionate to one’s means, free from miserliness and performed without craving recognition.
The instruction belongs to Ayodhyā’s tīrtha framework where dāna is emphasized alongside snāna and pūjā.
Give valuables like gold as able; avoid vitta-śāṭhya (stinginess); practice gupta-dāna—charity done discreetly.