विद्या शिल्पं भृतिः सेवा गोरक्ष्यं विपणिः कृषिः । धृतिर्भैक्षं कुसीदं च दश जीवनहेतवः ॥ ११६ ॥
Learning, mechanical arts, work for wages, service, rearing cattle, traffic, agriculture, contentment (with little), alms, and receiving interest on money, are the ten modes of subsistence (permitted to all men in times of distress).
english translation
vidyA zilpaM bhRtiH sevA gorakSyaM vipaNiH kRSiH | dhRtirbhaikSaM kusIdaM ca daza jIvanahetavaH || 116 ||
hk transliteration by SanscriptManusmriti
विद्या शिल्पं भृतिः सेवा गोरक्ष्यं विपणिः कृषिः । धृतिर्भैक्षं कुसीदं च दश जीवनहेतवः ॥ ११६ ॥
Learning, mechanical arts, work for wages, service, rearing cattle, traffic, agriculture, contentment (with little), alms, and receiving interest on money, are the ten modes of subsistence (permitted to all men in times of distress).
english translation
vidyA zilpaM bhRtiH sevA gorakSyaM vipaNiH kRSiH | dhRtirbhaikSaM kusIdaM ca daza jIvanahetavaH || 116 ||
hk transliteration by Sanscript