Parashara Smriti · Chapter 2

ataḥ paraṃ gṛhasthasya karmācāraṃ kalau yuge /
dharmaṃ sādhāraṇaṃ śaktyā cāturvarṇyāśramāgatam //

taṃ pravakṣyāmy ahaṃ pūrvaṃ parāśaravaco yathā /
ṣaṭkarmasahito vipraḥ kṛṣikarma ca kārayet //

kṣudhitaṃ tṛṣitaṃ śrāntaṃ balīvardaṃ na yojayet /
hīnāṅgaṃ vyādhitaṃ klībaṃ vṛṣaṃ vipro na vāhayet //

sthirāṅgaṃ nīrujaṃ tṛptaṃ sunardaṃ ṣaṇḍhavarjitam /
vāhayed divasasyārdhaṃ paścāt snānaṃ samācaret //

japyaṃ devārcanaṃ homaṃ svādhyāyaṃ caivam abhyaset /
ekadvitricatur viprān bhojayet snātakān dvijaḥ //

svayaṃkṛṣṭe tathā kṣetre dhānyaiś ca svayamarjitaiḥ /
nirvapet pañca yajñāṃś ca kratudīkṣāṃ ca kārayet //

tilā rasā na vikreyā vikreyā dhānyatatsamāḥ /
viprasyaivaṃvidhā vṛttis tṛṇakāṣṭhādivikrayaḥ //

brāhmaṇaś cet kṛṣiṃ kuryāt tanmahādoṣam āpnuyāt /
saṃvatsareṇa yat pāpaṃ matsyaghātī samāpnuyāt //

ayomukhena kāṣṭhena tad ekāhena lāṅgalī /
pāśako matsyaghātī ca vyādhaḥ śākunikas tathā //

adātā karṣakaś caiva sarve te samabhāginaḥ /
vṛkṣaṃ chittvā mahīṃ bhittvā hatvā ca kṛmikīṭakān //

karṣakaḥ khalayajñena sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate /
yo na dadyād dvijātibhyo rāśimūlam upāgataḥ //

sa cauraḥ sa ca pāpiṣṭho brahmaghnaṃ taṃ vinirdiśet /
rājñe dattvā tu ṣaḍbhāgaṃ devānāṃ caikaviṃśakam //

viprāṇāṃ triṃśakaṃ bhāgaṃ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate /
kṣatriyo 'pi kṛṣiṃ kṛtvā devān viprāṃś ca pūjayet //

vaiśyaḥ śūdras tathā kuryāt kṛṣivāṇijyaśilpakam /
vikarma kurvate śūdrā dvijaśuśrūṣayojjhitāḥ //

bhavanty alpāyuṣas te vai nirayaṃ yānty asaṃśayaṃ /
caturṇām api varṇānām eṣa dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ //