Manusmriti
ब्रह्मवर्चसकामस्य कार्यो विप्रस्य पञ्चमे । राज्ञो बलार्थिनः षष्ठे वैश्यस्यैहार्थिनोऽष्टमे ॥ ३७ ॥
(The initiation) of a Brahmana who desires proficiency in sacred learning should take place in the fifth (year after conception), (that) of a Kshatriya who wishes to become powerful in the sixth, (and that) of a Vaisya who longs for (success in his) business in the eighth.
english translation
brahmavarcasakAmasya kAryo viprasya paJcame । rAjJo balArthinaH SaSThe vaizyasyaihArthino'STame ॥ 37 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptब्रह्मवर्चसकामस्य कार्यो विप्रस्य पञ्चमे । राज्ञो बलार्थिनः षष्ठे वैश्यस्यैहार्थिनोऽष्टमे ॥ ३७ ॥
(The initiation) of a Brahmana who desires proficiency in sacred learning should take place in the fifth (year after conception), (that) of a Kshatriya who wishes to become powerful in the sixth, (and that) of a Vaisya who longs for (success in his) business in the eighth.
english translation
brahmavarcasakAmasya kAryo viprasya paJcame । rAjJo balArthinaH SaSThe vaizyasyaihArthino'STame ॥ 37 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript