Bhagavad Gita Chapter 17 Verse 20 भगवद् गीता अध्याय 17 श्लोक 20 दातव्यमिति यद्दानं दीयतेऽनुपकारिणे। देशे काले च पात्रे च तद्दानं सात्त्विकं स्मृतम्।।17.20।। हिंदी अनुवाद - स्वामी तेजोमयानंद ।।17.20।। दान देना ही कर्तव्य है इस भाव से जो दान योग्य देश? काल को देखकर ऐसे (योग्य) पात्र (व्यक्ति) को दिया जाता है? जिससे प्रत्युपकार की अपेक्षा नहीं होती है? वह दान सात्त्विक माना गया है।। Kumara Vaishnava Sampradaya - Commentary It is a duty to offer danam or charity to worthy recepients. Lord Krishna explains that danam that is offered without expectation of reward, hopes for services or wishing anything in return that is offered at an auspicious place, at an auspicious time to spiritually enlightened Vaisnavas brahmanas steeped in the conclusive knowledge of the Vedic scriptures is to be understood as the best of danam and situated in sattva guna the mode of goodness.