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10.80. Among the several occupations the most commendable are, teaching the Veda for a Brahmana,
protecting (the people) for a Kshatriya, and trade for a Vaisya.
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10.81. But a Brahmana, unable to subsist by his peculiar occupations just mentioned, may live according to the
law applicable to Kshatriyas; for the latter is next to him in rank.
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10.82. If it be asked, ’How shall it be, if he cannot maintain himself by either (of these occupations?’ the answer
is), he may adopt a Vaisya’s mode of life, employing himself in agriculture and rearing cattle.
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10.83. But a Brahmana, or a Kshatriya, living by a Vaisya’s mode of subsistence, shall carefully avoid (the
pursuit of) agriculture, (which causes) injury to many beings and depends on others.
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10.84. (Some) declare that agriculture is something excellent, (but) that means of subsistence is blamed by the
virtuous; (for) the wooden (implement) with iron point injuries the earth and (the beings) living in the earth.
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10.85. But he who, through a want of means of subsistence, gives up the strictness with respect to his duties,
may sell, in order to increase his wealth, the commodities sold by Vaisyas, making (however) the (following)
exceptions.
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10.86. He must avoid (selling) condiments of all sorts, cooked food and sesamum, stones, salt, cattle, and
human (beings),
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10.87. All dyed cloth, as well as cloth made of hemp, or flax, or wool, even though they be not dyed, fruit,
roots, and (medical) herbs
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10.88. Water, weapons, poison, meat, Soma, and perfumes of all kinds, fresh milk, honey, sour milk, clarified
butter, oil, wax, sugar, Kusa-grass;
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10.89. All beasts of the forest, animals with fangs or tusks, birds, spirituous liquor, indigo, lac, and all onehoofed
beasts.
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