Manusmriti

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वैश्यवृत्तिमनातिष्ठन् ब्राह्मणः स्वे पथि स्थितः । अवृत्तिकर्षितः सीदन्निमं धर्मं समाचरेत् ॥ १०१ ॥

sanskrit

A Brahmana who is distressed through a want of means of subsistence and pines (with hunger), (but) unwilling to adopt a Vaisya’s mode of life and resolved to follow his own (prescribed) path, may act in the following manner.

english translation

vaizyavRttimanAtiSThan brAhmaNaH sve pathi sthitaH | avRttikarSitaH sIdannimaM dharmaM samAcaret || 101 ||

hk transliteration