Mahabharata 12.237.26

दानं हि भूताभयदक्षिणायाः; सर्वाणि दानान्यधितिष्ठतीहतीक्ष्णां तनुं यः प्रथमं जहाति; सोऽनन्तमाप्नोत्यभयं प्रजाभ्यः

dānaṃ hi bhūtābhayadakṣiṇāyāḥ; sarvāṇi dānānyadhitiṣṭhatīhatīkṣṇāṃ tanuṃ yaḥ prathamaṃ jahāti; so'nantamāpnotyabhayaṃ prajābhyaḥ

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