Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 8 - Chapter 1 - Verse 27


Sanskrit:

तस्मात् त्रीणि पदान्येव वृणे त्वद् वरदर्षभात् ।एतावतैव सिद्धोऽहं वित्तं यावत्प्रयोजनम् ॥ २७ ॥

ITRANS:

tasmāt trīṇi padāny evavṛṇe tvad varadarṣabhātetāvataiva siddho ’haṁvittaṁ yāvat prayojanam

Translation:

Therefore, O King, from you, the best of those who give charity, I ask only three paces of land. By such a gift I shall be very pleased, for the way of happiness is to be fully satisfied to receive that which is absolutely needed.

Purport: