Manava Dharmashastra 2.183

2.183

vedairyajñaiśca ye ahīnā vedādhyayanena saṃyuktāḥ, yajñānāṃ ca satyadhikāre kartāraḥ | ahīnā avarjitāḥ tadupaitā iti yāvat |
svakarmasu ca praśastāḥ | yeṣāṃ yajñe'dhikāro nāstyanyasmin śaste karmaṇi tatparāḥ | athavā svakarmapraśastāsta ucyante ye svavṛttāveva santuṣṭā na vārddhuṣikādivṛttyupajīvinaḥ |
teṣāṃ gṛhebhyo bhaikṣamāharedyācitvā gṛhṇīyātprayataḥ śuciḥ |
anvahamityanuvādaḥ |

Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
‘Who are not devoid of Veda and sacrifices—who are equipped with Vedic learning, and perform the sacrifices to which they are entitled;—‘not devoid’ means not without, i.e., fully equipped.

‘Famed for their deeds;’—thoso who may not be entitled to the performance of sacrifices, but who are accustomed to meritorious acts. Or, those persons may be called ‘for their deeds’ who are content with their own means of livelihood, and do not go in for such means of living as usury and the like.

‘From the houses of’ these people ‘he should fetch alms’—i.e., beg and bring it away.

‘Pure’—Clean.

‘Daily’—This is a descriptive reiteration.—(188)