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मारिषशाकदासन्यायः (mAriSazAkadAsanyAyaH)

 
लौकिकन्यायः
English
Once upon a time, a poor householder used to give leafy vegetable called Māriṣa (Rājagirā) to all those who used to approach him. After his death, he was born in a rich family. But the memory of his earlier life was intact. So he began to distribute the same leafy vegetables to the poor and needy. That was a very low type of charity. The maxim gives this instance and remarks that the merit acqired by small charity in the state of poverty cannot be aquired by doing the same charity in rich, prosperous life.