THE LAWS OF MANU ( MANU SHASTRA) CHAPTER X Occupations 83. But a Brahmin or a Kshatriya living by a Vaisyas mode of subsistence shall carefully avoid the pursuit of agriculture, which causes injury to many beings and depends on others. 85. But he who, through a want of means of subsistence, gives up strictness with respect to his duties, may sell, in order to increase his wealth, the commodities sold by Vaisyas . . . .
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