Manava Dharmashastra 3.276

3.276

pūrvvaṃ hi vyavahitasya pāñcayajñikamiti mahāyajñavidherupasaṃhāro māṅgalikatayaiva | uttareṇa ślokārdhena vakṣyamāṇādhyāyārthaikadeśopanyāsaḥ | tau coktaprayojanau | dvijātimukhyā brāhmaṇāsteṣāṃ vṛttayo jīvikāḥ karmāṇi dvijātīnāṃ vā mukhyavṛttaya iti | uttaratraiva darśayiṣyāma iti prasiddham |

Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
Though much has intervened between this and the description of the ‘Five Sacrifices,’ yet the present reference to the latter, in the final summing up, is with a view to auspiciousness.

The second half of the verse indicates a part of the subject-matter of the next Discourse.

The usefulness of both these—the Summing Up and the Indicating of what is coming next—has already been explained.

‘The best of twice-born persons’—i.e., Brāhmaṇas. the ‘means of livelihood’—professions by which they should live.—Or, the construction may be ‘the principal means of livelihood of twice-born persons.’ All this shall be explained in the next chapter.—(286)