Manusmriti

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उभाभ्यामप्यजीवंस्तु कथं स्यादिति चेद् भवेत् । कृषिगोरक्षमास्थाय जीवेद् वैश्यस्य जीविकाम् ॥ ८२ ॥

sanskrit

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.

english translation

ubhAbhyAmapyajIvaMstu kathaM syAditi ced bhavet | kRSigorakSamAsthAya jIved vaizyasya jIvikAm || 82 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript