Source: # सर्व दानांमध्ये श्रेष्ठ — मनुस्मृती 4.233 *सर्व दानांमध्ये (जल, अन्न, गाई, भूमी, वस्त्र, तीळ, सुवर्ण आणि तूप), पवित्र ज्ञानाचे दान सर्वश्रेष्ठ आहे.* 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.* Among all gifts (water, food, cows, land, clothing, sesame, gold and ghee), the gift of sacred knowledge stands highest. 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. [सर्व 35 प्रकरणे](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/mr/chapters/) · [खऱ्या आयुष्यातील 183 कथा](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/mr/stories/) · [मनासाठी 61 हिंदू श्लोक](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/mr/shlokas/) · [सर्वांसाठी मानसशास्त्र – मानसिक आरोग्य मालिका](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/mr/) [myadvisorfriend@gmail.com](mailto:myadvisorfriend@gmail.com) · [Contact](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/contact/) · [About](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/about/) · [Privacy](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/privacy/) · [Disclaimer](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/disclaimer/) --- *Psychology for Everyone – A Mental Well Being Series* by Satish Zope · free to read · Contact: [myadvisorfriend@gmail.com](mailto:myadvisorfriend@gmail.com) · [About](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/about/) · [Privacy](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/privacy/) · [Disclaimer](https://poonam.myadvisorfriend.com/disclaimer/)