Manusmriti
अजीवंस्तु यथोक्तेन ब्राह्मणः स्वेन कर्मणा । जीवेत् क्षत्रियधर्मेण स ह्यस्य प्रत्यनन्तरः ॥ ८१ ॥
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.
english translation
ajIvaMstu yathoktena brAhmaNaH svena karmaNA | jIvet kSatriyadharmeNa sa hyasya pratyanantaraH || 81 ||
hk transliteration by Sanscriptअजीवंस्तु यथोक्तेन ब्राह्मणः स्वेन कर्मणा । जीवेत् क्षत्रियधर्मेण स ह्यस्य प्रत्यनन्तरः ॥ ८१ ॥
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.
english translation
ajIvaMstu yathoktena brAhmaNaH svena karmaNA | jIvet kSatriyadharmeNa sa hyasya pratyanantaraH || 81 ||
hk transliteration by Sanscript