Kurma Purana · Chapter 2.25

iti śrīkūrmapurāṇe ṣaṭsāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuparivibhāge caturviśo 'dhyāyaḥ
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vyāsa uvāca
eṣa vo 'bhihitaḥ kṛtsno gṛhasthāśramavāsinaḥ /
dvijāteḥ paramo dharmo vartanāni nibodhata

dvividhastu gṛhī jñeyaḥ sādhakaścāpyasādhakaḥ /
adhyāpanaṃ yājanaṃ ca pūrvasyāhuḥ pratigraham /
kusīdakṛṣivāṇijyaṃ prakurvotāsvayaṅkṛtam

kṛṣerabhāvād vāṇijyaṃ tadabhāvāt kusīdakam /
āpatkalpo hyaṃ jñeyaḥ pūrvokto mukhya iṣyate

svayaṃ vā karṣaṇaṃ kuryād vāṇijyaṃ vā kusīdakam /
kaṣṭā pāpīyasī vṛttiḥ kusīdaṃ tad vivarjayet

kṣātravṛttiṃ parāṃ prahurna svayaṃ karṣaṇaṃ dvijaiḥ /
tasmāt kṣātreṇa varteta vartanenāpadi dvijaḥ

tena cāvāpyajīvaṃstu vaiśyavṛttiṃ kṛṣiṃ vrajet /
na kathañcana kurvota brāhmaṇaḥ karma karṣaṇam

labdhalābhaḥ pitṝn devān brāhmaṇāṃścāpi pūjayet /
te tṛptāstasya taṃ doṣaṃ śamayanti na saṃśayaḥ

devebhyaśca pitṛbhyaśca dadyād bhāgaṃ tu viṃśakam /
triṃśadbhāgaṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ kṛṣiṃ kurvan na duṣyati

vaṇik pradadyād dviguṇaṃ kusīdī triguṇaṃ punaḥ /
kṛṣīvalo na doṣeṇa yujyate nātra saṃśayaḥ

śiloñchaṃ vāpyādadīta gṛhasthaḥ sādhakaḥ punaḥ /
vidyāśilpādayastvanye bahavo vṛttihetavaḥ

asādhakastu yaḥ prokto gṛhasthāśramasaṃsthitaḥ /
śiloñche tasya kathite dve vṛttī paramarṣibhiḥ

amṛtenāthavā jīvenmṛtenāpyathavā yadi /
ayācitaṃ syādamṛtaṃ mṛtaṃ bhekṣaṃ tu yācitam

kuśūladhānyako vā syāt kumbhīdhānyaka eva vā /
tryahaihiko vāpi bhavedaśvastanika eva ca

caturṇāmapi caiteṣāṃ dvijānāṃ gṛhamedhinām /
śreyān paraḥ paro jñeyo dharmato lokajittamaḥ

ṣaṭkarmaiko bhavatyeṣāṃ tribhiranyaḥ pravartate /
dvābhyāmekaścaturthastu brahmasatreṇa jīvati

vartayaṃstu śiloñchābhyāmagnihotraparāyaṇaḥ /
iṣṭīḥ pārvāyaṇāntīyāḥ kevalā nirvapet sadā

na lokavṛtiṃ varteta vṛttihetoḥ kathañcana /
ajihmāmaśaṭhāṃ śuddhāṃ jīved brāhmaṇajīvikām

yācitvā vāpi sadbhyo 'nnaṃ pitṝndevāṃstu toṣayet /
yācayed vā śuciṃ dāntaṃ na tṛpyeta svayaṃ tataḥ

yastu dravyārjanaṃ kṛtvā gṛhasthastoṣayenna tu /
devān pitṛṃśca vidhinā śunāṃ yoniṃ vrajatyasau

dharmaścārthaśca kāmaśca śreyo mokṣaścatuṣṭayam /
dharmāviruddhaḥ kāmaḥ syād brāhmaṇānāṃ tu netaraḥ

yor'tho dharmāya nātmārthaḥ sor'tho 'narthastathetaraḥ /
tasmādarthaṃ samāsādya dadyād vai juhuyād yajet