The charity that is given thinking ‘should be given’, to one who has done no favor, in the appropriate place, at the appropriate time, and to the appropriate recipient — that charity is remembered as sāttvika.

Sāttvika charity: attitude (dātavyam iti — should be given, as duty), recipient (anupakāriṇe — to one who has done no prior favor, without expectation of return).

Three conditions: deśe (appropriate place), kāle (appropriate time), pātre (worthy/appropriate recipient). The pātra is not just anyone but one who can use the gift for spiritual growth. It is dāna without attachment, without ego.