Manava Dharmashastra 4.17

4.17

ye vedābhyāsavirodhino'rthāste sarve tyaktavyāḥ, rājāmātyagṛhopasthānādyayaḥ| ye'pyanayā lokayātrayā saktasya kṛṣikusīdādyadhikalābho bhavati tena ca poṣayiṣyate, tadā kuṭumbavibhavavataśca dāsīdāsaṃ bahu bhaviṣyatīti | sā hyasya snātakasya kṛtakṛtyatā kṛtārthatā yaṃ nityasvādhyāyī yathākathaṃcitkuṭumbakaṃ jīvayatīti |

He shall relinquish all things impeding study, maintaining himself somehow. This is what constitutes the accomplish ment of his aims.—(17)

Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
Those things that are likely to obstruct Vedic study should all be relinquished; such acts, for instance, as attending upon the palaces of kings and ministers; as also the act of being overmuch addicted to worldly Affairs, constantly thinking of earning more and more wealth by means of money-lending and such other means, and thereby maintaining his family, and obtaining a prosperous household teeming with male and female slaves.

‘This constitutes the accomplishment of his aims’—i.e., of the Accomplished Student. The fact that, carrying on his daily study of the Veda, he maintains his family by some means or other, constitutes his highest success in life,—(17)

Comparative notes by various authors
Viṣṇu (71.4).—‘He shall not do any act that may obstruct Vedic Study.’

Yājñavalkya (1.121).—[See under 15.]