तीर्थवंशोपदेशः
Tīrtha-vaṃśa Upadeśa: Instruction on the Fruits of Sacred Waters
वस्त्राभरणदातारो भक्तपानान्नदास्तथा । कुट॒म्बानां च दातार: पुरुषा: स्वर्गगामिन:
vastrābharaṇadātāro bhaktapānānnadās tathā | kuṭumbānāṃ ca dātāraḥ puruṣāḥ svargagāminaḥ ||
毗湿摩说道:凡施与衣服与饰物,又供给饮食、清水与谷粮,并进一步扶助他人家室之安泰与兴盛者——此等之人得往天界诸世界。
भीष्म उवाच
Generosity that meets essential human needs—clothing, ornaments (as support and dignity), meals, drinking water, and grain—and that strengthens other families is praised as a high form of dharma, yielding great spiritual merit and leading to heavenly attainment.
In the Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma. Here he enumerates specific forms of dāna (charitable giving) and states their फल (result): those who give such support, especially aiding households, are said to become svargagāmin (attainers of heaven).