10.1.3.7. Livelihood of Śūdras
O edn 834-835, O tr. 21410.121a śūdras tu vṛttim ākāṅkṣan kṣatram ārādhayed yadi |
353
10.121c dhaninaṃ vā-apy upārādhya vaiśyaṃ śūdro jijīviṣet ||
121 ||
10.122a svargārtham ubhayārthaṃ vā viprān ārādhayet tu saḥ
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10.122c jātabrāhmaṇa.śabdasya sā hy asya kṛtakṛtyatā || 122
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10.123a viprasevā-eva śūdrasya viśiṣṭaṃ karma kīrtyate |
10.123c yad ato 'nyadd hi kurute tad bhavaty asya niṣphalam ||
123 ||
10.124a prakalpyā tasya tair vṛttiḥ svakuṭumbād yathārhataḥ
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10.124c śaktiṃ ca-avekṣya dākṣyaṃ ca bhṛtyānāṃ ca parigraham ||
124 ||
10.125a ucchiṣṭam annaṃ dātavyaṃ jīrṇāni vasanāni ca |
10.125c pulākāś ca-eva dhānyānāṃ jīrṇāś ca-eva paricchadāḥ ||
125 ||
10.126a na śūdre pātakaṃ kiṃ cin na ca saṃskāram arhati |
10.126c na-asya-adhikāro dharme 'sti na dharmāt pratiṣedhanam
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10.127a dharma.ipsavas tu dharmajñāḥ satāṃ vṛttam anuṣṭhitāḥ |
354
10.127c mantravarjyaṃ na duṣyanti praśaṃsāṃ prāpnuvanti ca ||
127 || 355
10.128a yathā yathā hi sadvṛttam ātiṣṭhaty anasūyakaḥ |
10.128c tathā tathā-imaṃ ca-amuṃ ca lokaṃ prāpnoty aninditaḥ ||
128 ||
10.129a śaktena-api hi śūdreṇa na kāryo dhanasañcayaḥ |
10.129c śūdro hi dhanam āsādya brāhmaṇān eva bādhate || 129
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