Shloka : 147

निजवृत्युद्यमप्राप्त धनधान्यादितश्च तै: ।

अर्प्यो दशांश कृष्णाय विंशोऽशस्त्विह दुर्बलै: ॥ 147 ॥

અને તે ગૃહસ્થાશ્રમી સત્સંગી તેમણે પોતાની જે વૃત્તિ અને ઉદ્યમ તે થકી પામ્યું જે ધનધાન્યાદિક, તે થકી દશમો ભાગ કાઢીને શ્રીકૃષ્ણભગવાનને અર્પણ કરવો; અને જે વ્યવહારે દુર્બળ હોય તેમણે વીશમો ભાગ અર્પણ કરવો. ॥ 147 ॥

And the Grihastha devotees should donate the tenth part of his wealth earned through his profession and hard work to Shri Krishna Bhagwan; and whoever is not so sound financially should donate the twentieth part. || 147 ||

Commentary

A Grihastha devotee should donate the tenth portion of his earnings to the temple of Supreme God. Shri Harikrishna Mahaprabhu. These wealth, grains etc. may have been earned through the properties of the ancestors which are sufficient to support the family by performing religious rites like Yagya etc. or by following vari­ous professions like trading etc. as per one’s caste to earn more money. And the people who are financially not sound, that is whose earnings are less and unavoidable expenses are more, those people should donate the twentieth portion of their income. If such donation has not been given, then the earnings do not get puri­fied. Use of such impious earnings creates the dullness of one’s intellect which destroys one’s devotion, code of conduct and knowledge. And therefore, the sufferings generated by fate etc. do not diminish.

As a portion of the wealth and valuables should be donated, simi­larly, some time should be spared from the worldly activities and should be spent in company of the saints to learn from them. Also, the acts like meditation, worship, listening to the narratives of God, recitation of the Mantras, Mansi­pooja etc. should be performed to please God. This is the best kind of donation.