The Righteous Duties of Castes and Stages in Life - Verse 35
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 2 · Verse 35
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Sanskrit Original
स्वायंभुवो मनुः पूर्वं धर्मान प्रोवाच धर्मदृक। साक्षात प्रजापतेर्मूर्तिर्निसृष्टा ब्रह्मणा द्विजाः। भृग्वादयस्तद्वदनाच्छ्रुत्वा धर्मानथोचिरे।।
svāyaṃbhuvo manuḥ pūrvaṃ dharmān provāca dharmadṛk| sākṣāt prajāpatermūrtirnisṛṣṭā brahmaṇā dvijāḥ| bhṛgvādayastadvadanācchrutvā dharmānathocire||
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Then they accomplish other Siddhis (powers) of purely Rdjasic nature. When in course of time, though Siddhis became completely extinct, they began to take recourse to agriculture, trade and technology (lit. skill of hand achieved through practice). Therefore, the all-powerful god Brahma assigned to them work as the means of livelihood.