Rules of offering religious gifts Vydsa said : - Verse 70
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 26 · Verse 70
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Sanskrit Original
द्विजातिभ्यो धनं लिप्सेत प्रशस्तेभ्यो द्विजोत्तमः। अपि वा जातिमात्रेभ्यो न तु शूद्रात कथञ्चन।।
dvijātibhyo dhanaṃ lipset praśastebhyo dvijottamaḥ| api vā jātimātrebhyo na tu śūdrāt kathañcana||
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A Brahmana should try dimunition of his expenditure for livelihood but should not wish for the expansion of wealth. One who is in the clutches of covetousness for wealth falls off from Brahmanahood.