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  1. siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-7/11/17
    जघन्यो नोत्तमां वृत्तिमनापदि भजेन्नरः । ऋते राजन्यमापत्सु सर्वेषामपि सर्वशः ॥ ७-११-१७ ॥jaghanyo nottamAM vRttimanApadi bhajennaraH । Rte rAjanyamApatsu sarveSAmapi sarvazaH ॥ 7-11-17 ॥Except in a time of emergency, lower persons should not accept the occupational duties of those who are higher. When there is such an emergency, of course, everyone but the kṣatriya may accept the means of livelihood of others. ॥ 7-11-17 ॥
  2. siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-7/11/18
    ऋतामृताभ्यां जीवेत मृतेन प्रमृतेन वा । सत्यानृताभ्यां जीवेत न श्ववृत्त्या कथञ्चन ॥ ७-११-१८ ॥RtAmRtAbhyAM jIveta mRtena pramRtena vA । satyAnRtAbhyAM jIveta na zvavRttyA kathaJcana ॥ 7-11-18 ॥In time of emergency, one may accept any of the various types of professions known as ṛta, amṛta, mṛta, pramṛta and satyānṛta, but one should not at any time accept the profession of a dog. ॥ 7-11-18 ॥
  3. siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-7/11/20
    सत्यानृतं च वाणिज्यं श्ववृत्तिर्नीचसेवनम् । वर्जयेत्तां सदा विप्रो राजन्यश्च जुगुप्सिताम् । सर्ववेदमयो विप्रः सर्वदेवमयो नृपः ॥ ७-११-२० ॥satyAnRtaM ca vANijyaM zvavRttirnIcasevanam । varjayettAM sadA vipro rAjanyazca jugupsitAm । sarvavedamayo vipraH sarvadevamayo nRpaH ॥ 7-11-20 ॥Specifically, brāhmaṇas and kṣatriyas should not engage in the low and abominable service of śūdras. Brāhmaṇas should be well acquainted with all the Vedic knowledge, and kṣatriyas should be well acquainted with the worship of demigods. ॥ 7-11-20 ॥
  4. siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-7/11/19
    ऋतमुञ्छशिलं प्रोक्तममृतं यदयाचितम् । मृतं तु नित्ययाच्ञा स्यात्प्रमृतं कर्षणं स्मृतम् ॥ ७-११-१९ ॥RtamuJchazilaM proktamamRtaM yadayAcitam । mRtaM tu nityayAcJA syAtpramRtaM karSaNaM smRtam ॥ 7-11-19 ॥The profession of uñchaśila, collecting grains from the field, is called ṛta. Collecting without begging is called amṛta, begging grains is called mṛta, tilling the ground is called pramṛta, and trade is called satyānṛta. Engaging in the service of low-grade persons, however, is called śva-vṛtti, the profession of the dogs. ॥ 7-11-19 ॥
  5. siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-7/11/18
    ऋतामृताभ्यां जीवेत मृतेन प्रमृतेन वा । सत्यानृताभ्यां जीवेत न श्ववृत्त्या कथञ्चन ॥ ७-११-१८ ॥RtAmRtAbhyAM jIveta mRtena pramRtena vA । satyAnRtAbhyAM jIveta na zvavRttyA kathaJcana ॥ 7-11-18 ॥In time of emergency, one may accept any of the various types of professions known as ṛta, amṛta, mṛta, pramṛta and satyānṛta, but one should not at any time accept the profession of a dog. ॥ 7-11-18 ॥
  6. siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-7/11/17
    जघन्यो नोत्तमां वृत्तिमनापदि भजेन्नरः । ऋते राजन्यमापत्सु सर्वेषामपि सर्वशः ॥ ७-११-१७ ॥jaghanyo nottamAM vRttimanApadi bhajennaraH । Rte rAjanyamApatsu sarveSAmapi sarvazaH ॥ 7-11-17 ॥Except in a time of emergency, lower persons should not accept the occupational duties of those who are higher. When there is such an emergency, of course, everyone but the kṣatriya may accept the means of livelihood of others. ॥ 7-11-17 ॥
  7. siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-7/11/16
    वार्ता विचित्रा शालीनयायावरशिलोञ्छनम् । विप्रवृत्तिश्चतुर्धेयं श्रेयसी चोत्तरोत्तरा ॥ ७-११-१६ ॥vArtA vicitrA zAlInayAyAvaraziloJchanam । vipravRttizcaturdheyaM zreyasI cottarottarA ॥ 7-11-16 ॥As an alternative, a brāhmaṇa may also take to the vaiśya’s occupational duty of agriculture, cow protection, or trade. He may depend on that which he has received without begging, he may beg in the paddy field every day, he may collect paddy left in a field by its proprietor, or he may collect food grains left here and there in the shops of grain dealers. These are four means of livelihood that may also be adopted by brāhmaṇas. Among these four, each of them in succession is better than the one preceding it. ॥ 7-11-16 ॥
  8. siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-7/11/15
    वैश्यस्तु वार्तावृत्तिश्च नित्यं ब्रह्मकुलानुगः । शूद्रस्य द्विजशुश्रूषा वृत्तिश्च स्वामिनो भवेत् ॥ ७-११-१५ ॥vaizyastu vArtAvRttizca nityaM brahmakulAnugaH । zUdrasya dvijazuzrUSA vRttizca svAmino bhavet ॥ 7-11-15 ॥The mercantile community should always follow the directions of the brāhmaṇas and engage in such occupational duties as agriculture, trade, and protection of cows. For the śūdras the only duty is to accept a master from a higher social order and engage in his service. ॥ 7-11-15 ॥
  9. siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-7/11/14
    विप्रस्याध्ययनादीनि षडन्यस्याप्रतिग्रहः । राज्ञो वृत्तिः प्रजागोप्तुरविप्राद्वा करादिभिः ॥ ७-११-१४ ॥viprasyAdhyayanAdIni SaDanyasyApratigrahaH । rAjJo vRttiH prajAgopturaviprAdvA karAdibhiH ॥ 7-11-14 ॥For a brāhmaṇa there are six occupational duties. A kṣatriya should not accept charity, but he may perform the other five of these duties. A king or kṣatriya is not allowed to levy taxes on brāhmaṇas, but he may make his livelihood by levying minimal taxes, customs duties, and penalty fines upon his other subjects. ॥ 7-11-14 ॥
  10. siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-7/11/13
    संस्कारा यदविच्छिन्नाः स द्विजोऽजो जगाद यम् । इज्याध्ययनदानानि विहितानि द्विजन्मनाम् । जन्मकर्मावदातानां क्रियाश्चाश्रमचोदिताः ॥ ७-११-१३ ॥saMskArA yadavicchinnAH sa dvijo'jo jagAda yam । ijyAdhyayanadAnAni vihitAni dvijanmanAm । janmakarmAvadAtAnAM kriyAzcAzramacoditAH ॥ 7-11-13 ॥Those who have been reformed by the garbhādhāna ceremony and other prescribed reformatory methods, performed with Vedic mantras and without interruption, and who have been approved by Lord Brahmā, are dvijas, or twice-born. Such brāhmaṇas, kṣatriyas and vaiśyas, purified by their family traditions and by their behavior, should worship the Lord, study the Vedas and give charity. In this system, they should follow the principles of the four āśramas ॥ brahmacarya, gṛhastha, vānaprastha and sannyāsa॥. ॥ 7-11-13 ॥