Shloka : 167

धनं च धर्मकार्येऽपि स्वनिर्वाहोपयोगि यत् ।

देयं तामिर्न तत् क्वापि देयं चेदधिकं तदा ॥ 167 ॥

અને તે વિધવા સ્ત્રીઓ તેમણે પોતાના ઘરમાં, પોતાના જીવનપર્યંત દેહનિર્વાહ થાય એટલું જ જો ધન હોય તો, તે ધન જે તે ધર્મકાર્યને વિષે પણ ન આપવું; અને જો તેથી અધિક હોય તો આપવું. ॥ 167 ॥

And if a widow has just enough money to support herself for a lifetime, then she should not donate any money even for religious purpose and if she has more than that then she should donate. || 167 ||

Commentary

A widow who is devoted to Shri Hari, has just enough money to support herself, then she should not donate it even for religious purposes; but if she has more than that, then she should donate; because if she gives donations from the money which is sufficient just to support her, then later on she may have to serve others to support herself; and therefore, there is a possibility to get distracted from her code of conduct. But if she has more money than what is required to support her, then definitely she should donate for the religious purposes; otherwise by not donating the money she may commit an offence of deceit.