Manusmriti

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ज्ञाननिष्ठा द्विजाः के चित् तपोनिष्ठास्तथाऽपरे । तपःस्वाध्यायनिष्ठाश्च कर्मनिष्ठास्तथाऽपरे ॥ १३४ ॥

Some Brahmanas are devoted to (the pursuit of) knowledge, and others to (the performance of) austerities; some to austerities and to the recitation of the Veda, and others to (the performance of) sacred rites.

english translation

jJAnaniSThA dvijAH ke cit taponiSThAstathA'pare | tapaHsvAdhyAyaniSThAzca karmaniSThAstathA'pare || 134 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript