Once Yudhishthira asked Bhishma:
O Grandsire! May I know the end of those wicked persons who don't give after having promised 2 give?
Bhishma said: The hopes of a man who don't give after making a promise become fruitless like the hopes of a eunuch in respect of progeny.
@Buntea

Just listen, O King, to the old discourse between a jackal and an ape. They were intimate friends when they were both human beings. After death one of them became a jackal and the other an ape. The ape saw the jackal one day eating the carcass of a beast.

@SujuS72
@sun_usind

He then remembered his own and his friend's former births as human beings. The ape said to the jackal: "Friend, what terrible sins did you commit in your previous birth in consequence of which you are forced to eat the carcass of an animal?"

@NandiniVenkate3

The jackal replied: "I made a promise to give a gift unto a Brahmana. I did not make him the gift. It is for that sin I have taken the birth of a jackal an d I eat the carcass of an animal."

@nitbatta
@chetnatiwari27

The jackal said: "O friend ape! What sin did you commit in your previous birth in consequence of which you have become what u are?"
The ape replied: "In my former life I used to appropriate the fruits belonging to Brahmanas. That is the reason why I have become an ape."

@vbanno

Therefore it is clear that one should never appropriate what belongs to Brahmanas or to others. If anyone makes a promise to give something to a man, he should certainly make the promised gift unto him. O King, I heard this from my preceptor.

@Hamainsanghihu
@MANGALADR1

I heard this from Krishna also. Gift is the highest form of action. By giving gifts to a Brahmana, the deities and the ancestors are pleased. Therefore one should ever make gifts to the Brahmanas. Be slow to make a promise but be quick to carry it out.

@soniasuri12
@Savitritvs

He who breaks his promise will be treated with contempt. People will have no confidence in such a man. He who keeps up to his promise is honoured by the people. Celestial regions are reserved for him.
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#Promise
#KeepingWord

@Modifie08795083
@AnuSatheesh5