Dear all

        
        I'd be grateful for any assistance in identifying the source of
        this quotation.
        This 
ś
loka is quoted
        in a Tamil inscription (South Indian Inscriptions, Vol.I, N° 43,
        p.70) dated 1566-67
        A.D., in Grantha script. I have transliterated the verse below:


“dānapālanayormadhye
        dānācchreyonupālanam


dānāt
        svargamavāpnoti pālanādacyutam padam” 


This is
        translated by Hultzsch as:


“Of a gift and
        protection, protection is more meritorious than a gift; by a
        gift (one) obtains (only) heaven, by protection the eternal
        abode”.


Thank
        you in advance.

        Sincerely
,