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96 / MANAV DHARMA in any proper profession of service, cultivation, trade and commerce or what ever it may be. It has rightly been said in the next verse:
गृह त्यागो यस्यास्ति सार्थ तानर्थ कारिणी ।
अर्था भावो ह्यनर्थाय तथैव ग्रह - मेधिनां ॥ Explanation :
The man, who has left the household life and even then he accumulates wealth and money, he does grievous wrong. Why does he need money? What will he do of it and how and where will he keep it preserved ? While a householder, with a wife and children has no money, no source of income and earning livelihood how will he lead his family life peacefully? Not only rendering service to one's family, one is supposed to render services to those also, who have adopted celibacy who have restrained family life, who are Ascetics and to render wilful respectable service, known as "Vaiyavratti" to such a class of people, is also a pious duty of a householder; which is not possible in the absence of wealth or money or a regular source of income. It has rightly been remarked "If an Ascetic has even a courie (a small shell), he is utterly useless like a courie and if a house holder has no courie with him, he is utterly indigent and useless."
All the art and skillfulness of a man proves valuable later on, but first his means of livelihood or source of income is important, because all acts of religion, donations and DAAN-PUNYA can possibly be done, only when means of earnings are proper and judicious. It has rightly been said in the following verse also "Kala Bahatar Purush ki,.ya mein Do sardar, pratham Jeev Ki Jivika, Duji Jivodhar." .. कला बहत्तर पुरुष की या में दो सरदार ।
प्रथम जीव की जीविका दूजी जीवोद्वार ॥
When celibacy is adopted by a man, like other women of the world, the relations with his own wife and children are cut off or they are made loose. Under such situation the profession and business dealings become secondary and by abandoning himself from all these, he becomes entirely free from any kind of profession or industry. He comes in or adopts such a stage that he takes his meals only when somebody prepares and offers him. He takes it an evil to cook his own food, only because he considers that when he has renounced all trades and commerce and other family assignments, why should he do all these for two pieces of breads, like to fetch water or to lit fire or to collect needed material etc. And if these two pieces
