Manu Smriti - Hindu Online

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10.120. (Viz.) from Vaisyas one-eighth as the tax on grain, one-twentieth (on the profits on gold and cattle),
which amount at least to one Karshapana; Sudras, artisans, and mechanics (shall) benefit (the king) by (doing)
work (for him).
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10.121. If a Sudra, (unable to subsist by serving Brahmanas,) seeks a livelihood, he may serve Kshatriyas, or he
may also seek to maintain himself by attending on a wealthy Vaisya.
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10.122. But let a (Sudra) serve Brahmanas, either for the sake of heaven, or with a view to both (this life and the
next); for he who is called the servant of a Brahmana thereby gains all his ends.
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10.123. The service of Brahmanas alone is declared (to be) an excellent occupation for a Sudra; for whatever
else besides this he may perform will bear him no fruit.
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10.124. They must allot to him out of their own family (-property) a suitable maintenance, after considering his
ability, his industry, and the number of those whom he is bound to support.
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10.125. The remnants of their food must be given to him, as well as their old clothes, the refuse of their grain,
and their old household furniture.
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10.126. A Sudra cannot commit an offence, causing loss of caste (pataka), and he is not worthy to receive the
sacraments; he has no right to (fulfil) the sacred law (of the Aryans, yet) there is no prohibition against (his
fulfilling certain portions of) the law.
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10.127. (Sudras) who are desirous to gain merit, and know (their) duty, commit no sin, but gain praise, if they
imitate the practice of virtuous men without reciting sacred texts.
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10.128. The more a (Sudra), keeping himself free from envy, imitates the behaviour of the virtuous, the more he
gains, without being censured, (exaltation in) this world and the next.
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10.129. No collection of wealth must be made by a Sudra, even though he be able (to do it); for a Sudra who has
acquired wealth, gives pain to Brahmanas.