Shanti Parva 138.76
Rahular Itihasa / M. N. Dutt · Shanti Parva Chapter 138 · Verse 76
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Sanskrit Original
प्रत्युपकुर्वन् बह्वपि न भाति पूर्वोपकारिणा तुल्यः। एकः करोति हि कृते निष्कारणमेव कुरुतेऽन्यः॥
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By returning even sufficient services a man cannot equal the person who did him good in the first instance. The former does them for the sake of services rendered. The latter, however, acted without any such motive.