20. That gift which is given — knowing it to be a duty to give—to one who does no service, in place and in time and to a worthy person, that gift is held Sattvic.

Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain

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• [it] ought to be given (a duty)
• thus (thinking)
• which gift/charity
• is given
• to one who has done no favor (in return, without expectation of benefit)
• in [the proper] place
• at [the proper] time
• and
• to a worthy recipient
• and
• that gift/charity
• of the nature of sattva (pure, virtuous)
• is declared/remembered [to be]