# Bhagavad Gita 17.20

**Canonical reference:** `gita.17.20`  
**Speaker:** Krishna  
**Corpus version:** gita-1.0.0-rc.1

## Sanskrit (Devanagari)

दातव्यमिति यद्दानं दीयतेऽनुपकारिणे।
देशे काले च पात्रे च तद्दानं सात्त्विकं स्मृतम् ॥

## IAST

dātavyamiti yaddānaṃ dīyate.anupakāriṇe
deśe kāle ca pātre ca taddānaṃ sāttvikaṃ smṛtam

## English — Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882

or for the destruction of another. That gift is said (to be) good which is given because it ought to be given to one who (can) do no service (in return) at a (proper) place and time an d to a (proper) person. But that gift which is given with much difficulty

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