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The Righteous Duties of Castes and Stages in Life - Verse 36

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 2 · Verse 36

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Sanskrit Original

यजनं याजनं दानं ब्राह्मणस्य प्रतिग्रहम। अध्यापनं चाध्ययनं षट कर्माणि द्विजोत्तमाः।।

yajanaṃ yājanaṃ dānaṃ brāhmaṇasya pratigraham| adhyāpanaṃ cādhyayanaṃ ṣaṭ karmāṇi dvijottamāḥ||

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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.