The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.27.8

6.27.8

niyatamiti | yasmādevaṃ tasmāttvaṃ niyataṃ sandhyopāsanādikarmaiva kuru | yadvā niyataṃ niyamena tvaṃ karma nityakāmyasādhāraṇaṃ yatpāpanivarttakasvabhāvaṃ tattadeva kuru | hi yasmādakarmaṇaḥ sakalakarmendriyanigraheṇa tadakaraṇāccittajayaśūnyātkarmaiva jyāyaḥ praśastataram | api ca te tava kṣatriyasya akarmaṇaḥ satyāmapi cittaśuddhau sarvakarmatyāginaḥ śarīrayātrā dehavyavahāro na prasidhyet | bhaikṣyacaryāyāmanadhikārātbrāhmaṇāḥ “putraiṣaṇāyāśca vittaiṣaṇāyāśca lokaiṣaṇāyāśca vyutthāyātha bhikṣācaryaṃ caranti” iti sannyāsavidhāyake vākye “rājā rājasūyena svārājyakāmo yajeta” ityatra rājapadavadbrāhmaṇapadasya vivakṣitasvārthatvāt “catvāra āśramā brāhmaṇasya trayo rājanyasya dvau vaiśyasya” iti smṛteśca | anyatrāpyuktaṃ pārivrājyaṃ prakṛtya “mukhajānāmayaṃ dharmo vaiṣṇavaṃ liṅgadhāraṇam | bāhujātorujātānāṃ nāyaṃ dharmo vidhīyate ||” iti ||