Agni Purana — Chapter 152

AgP 152.1

:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे वर्णान्तरधर्मा नामैकपञ्चाशदधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {१५२} :श् अथ द्विपञ्चाशदधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः गृहस्थवृत्तिः पुष्कर उवाच आजीवंस्तु यथोक्तेन ब्राह्मणः स्वेन कर्मणा क्षत्रविट्शूद्रधर्मेण जीवेन्नैव तु शूद्रजात्

:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe varṇāntaradharmā nāmaikapañcāśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {152} :ś atha dvipañcāśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ gṛhasthavṛttiḥ puṣkara uvāca ājīvaṃstu yathoktena brāhmaṇaḥ svena karmaṇā kṣatraviṭśūdradharmeṇa jīvennaiva tu śūdrajāt

Thus ends the one hundred and fifty-first chapter, named 'The Duties of the Various Classes', in the glorious Agni Mahapurana. || Now the one hundred and fifty-second chapter: The Livelihood of the Householder. Pushkara said: A brahmin, living by his own occupation as stated, may (in distress) live by the occupation of the kshatriya, the vaishya or the shudra — but never by that born of the shudra('s calling).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AgP 152.2

कृषिबाणिज्यगोरक्ष्यं कुशीदञ्च द्विजश् चरेत् गोरसं गुडलवणलाक्षामांसानि वर्जयेत्

kṛṣibāṇijyagorakṣyaṃ kuśīdañca dvijaś caret gorasaṃ guḍalavaṇalākṣāmāṃsāni varjayet

A twice-born may practise agriculture, trade, cattle-keeping and lending at interest; (but) he should avoid (selling) milk products, molasses, salt, lac and meats.

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AgP 152.3

:न् १ श्रीजीवनञ्च तत्र स्यात् प्रोक्तमिति ग॥ , घ॥ , ङ॥ , ञ॥ च :प् ११९ भूमिं भित्वौषधीश्छित्वा हुत्वा कोटपिपीलिकान् पुनन्ति खलु यज्ञेन कर्षका देवपूजनात्

:n 1 śrījīvanañca tatra syāt proktamiti ga.. , gha.. , ṅa.. , ña.. ca :p 119 bhūmiṃ bhitvauṣadhīśchitvā hutvā koṭapipīlikān punanti khalu yajñena karṣakā devapūjanāt

(note: 'and there would be śrījīvana there, so it is stated' in mss. ga, gha, ṅa, ña) Having broken the earth, cut the plants, and burned up worms and ants, ploughmen are purified indeed by sacrifice, through the worship of the gods.

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AgP 152.4

हलमष्टगवं धर्म्यं षड्गवं जीवितार्थिनां चर्तुर्गवं नृशंसानां द्विगवं धर्मघातिनां

halamaṣṭagavaṃ dharmyaṃ ṣaḍgavaṃ jīvitārthināṃ carturgavaṃ nṛśaṃsānāṃ dvigavaṃ dharmaghātināṃ

A plough with eight oxen is lawful; one with six is for those who seek a living; one with four is for the cruel; one with two is for the destroyers of dharma.

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AgP 152.5

ऋतामृताभ्यां जीवेत मृतेन प्रमृतेन वा सत्यानृताभ्यामपिवा न स्ववृत्त्या कदा च न

ṛtāmṛtābhyāṃ jīveta mṛtena pramṛtena vā satyānṛtābhyāmapivā na svavṛttyā kadā ca na

One may live by ṛta (gleaning) and amṛta (unasked alms), or by mṛta (begging) and pramṛta (tillage), or even by satyānṛta (trade), but never by service (śvavṛtti, 'the dog's mode').

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain