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# What does Manusmriti 4.233 mean for the mind?

## Manusmriti 4.233

सर्वेषामेव दानानां ब्रह्मदानं विशिष्यते । वार्यन्नगोमहीवासस्तिलकाञ्चनसर्पिषाम् ॥

*sarvesham eva dananam brahma-danam vishishyate | vary-anna-go-mahi-vasas-tila-kancana-sarpisham ||
How to say it: sar-ve-SHAAM e-va daa-NAA-naam brah-ma-DAA-nam vi-shi-SHYA-te. vaa-ry-an-na-go-ma-HEE-vaa-sas ti-la-kaan-cha-na-sar-pi-SHAAM.*

## Meaning

Among all gifts (water, food, cows, land, clothing, sesame, gold and ghee), the gift of sacred knowledge stands highest.

## For daily life

The list is the whole menu of ancient charity: water, grain, cattle, land, cloth, sesame, gold, clarified butter. Knowledge is placed above all of them. Brahma here means the Veda, the sacred teaching; later teachers widened the idea to any knowledge that frees or heals.

More on this topic: [Bhagavad Gita, yoga and Indian wisdom for mental peace](https://psychologyforeveryone.com/topic/spiritual-wisdom/)

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- [What the Bhagavad Gita teaches about the mind](https://psychologyforeveryone.com/answers/what-the-gita-says-about-the-mind/)

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