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Birth of Emperor Parīkṣit
625
they possessed gold, land, villages, horses, elephants and sufficient grains, they had nothing to earn for themselves. They would simply devote themselves to the well-being of the entire society.
The word  tīrthavit  is significant because the King knew well where and when charity has to be given. Charity is never unproductive nor blind. In the  śāstras  charity was offered to persons who deserve to accept charity by dint of spiritual enlightenment. The so-called Daridra-Nārāyaṇa, a misconception of the Supreme Lord by unauthorized persons, is never to be found in the  śāstras  as the object of charity. Nor can a wretched poor man receive much munificent charity in the way of horses, elephants, land and villages. The conclusion is that the intelligent men, or the  brāhmaṇas  specifically engaged in the service of the Lord, were properly maintained without anxiety for the needs of the body, and the King and other householders gladly looked after all their comforts.
It is enjoined in the  śāstras  that as long as a child is joined with the mother by the navel pipe, the child is considered to be of one body with the mother, but as soon as the pipe is cut and the child is separated from the mother, the purificatory process of  jātakarman  is performed. The administrative demigods and past forefathers of the family come to see a newly born child, and such an occasion is specifically accepted as the proper time for distributing wealth to the right persons productively for the spiritual advancement of society.
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तमूचुर्ब्राह्मणास्तुष्टा राजानं प्रश्रयान्वितम् । एष क्षसिन् प्रजातन्तो पुरूणां पौरवर्षभ ॥१५॥
tam ūcur brāhmaṇās tuṣṭā rājānam praśrayānvitam eṣa hy asmin prajā-tantau purūṇām pauravarṣabha
tam —unto him;  ūcuh —addressed;  brāhmaṇāh —the learned  brāhmaṇas ;  tuṣṭāh —very much satisfied;  rājānam —unto the king;  praśrayānvitam —very much obliging;  eṣah —this;  hi —certainly;  asmin —in the chain of;  prajā-tantau —descending line;  purūṇām —of the Purus;  paurava-rṣabha —the chief among the Purus.