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TIMES OF DISTRESS; SODRAS.
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for the sake of heaven, or with a view to both (this life and the next); for he who is called the servant of a Brahmana thereby gains all his ends.
123. The service of Brahmanas alone is declared (to be) an excellent occupation for a Sudra ; for whatever else besides this he may perform will bear him no fruit.
124. They must allot to him out of their own family(-property) a suitable maintenance, after considering his ability, his industry, and the number of those whom he is bound to support.
125. The remnants of their food must be given to him, as well as their old clothes, the refuse of their grain, and their old household furniture.
126. A Sudra cannot commit an offence, causing loss of caste (pâtaka), and he is not worthy to receive the sacraments; he has no right to (fulfil) the sacred law (of the Aryans, yet) there is no prohibition against (his fulfilling certain portions of) the law.
127. (Sadras) who are desirous to gain merit, and know (their) duty, commit no sin, but gain praise, if they imitate the practice of virtuous men without reciting sacred texts.
128. The more a (Sudra), keeping himself free from envy, imitates the behaviour of the virtuous, the more he gains, without being censured, (exaltation in) this world and the next.
I 26. Cannot commit an offence causing loss of caste,' i.e. by eating garlic and the like forbidden fruit' (Gov., Kull.), or 'by (keeping) a slaughter-house' (Râgh.).
127. In what particulars the practice of the Aryans may be imitated by Sadras, may be learnt from the parallel passages quoted above.
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