The Order of Stages of Life and the Four Castes. - Verse 13
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 3 · Verse 13
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Sanskrit Original
न्यायागतधनः शान्तो ब्रह्मविद्यापरायणः। स्वधर्मपालको नित्यं सो ऽमृतत्वाय कल्पते।।
nyāyāgatadhanaḥ śānto brahmavidyāparāyaṇaḥ| svadharmapālako nityaṃ so 'mṛtatvāya kalpate||
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A person who earns wealth by honest, justifiable means {v.l. one who has given away all his wealth in charity), a quiescent person devoted to Brahma-vidya and the person who strictly observes his religious duties, becomes entitled to attain identity with the Brahman.