Chanakya Niti • Chapter 11 • Shloka 16
देयं भोज्यधनं सुकृतिभिर्नो संचयस्तस्य व श्रीकर्णस्य बलेश्च विक्रमपतेरद्यापि कीर्तिः स्थिता ।
अस्माकं मधुदानभोगरहितं नष्टं चिरात्सचितं निर्वाणादिति नष्टपादयुगल घर्षन्यहो मक्षिकाः ।।
The meritorious should give away in charity all that they have in excess of their needs. By charity only Karna, Bali and King Vikramaditya survive even today. Just see the plight of the honeybees beating their legs in despair upon the earth. They are saying to themselves, "Alas! We neither enjoyed our stored-up honey nor gave it in charity, and now someone has taken it from us in an instant."
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