The Law Code of Yājñavalkya 3.2.60
Mitākṣarā (Ṛjumitākṣarā) 3.2.60
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3.2.60
yo 'śanāyāparīto 'vasīdati tasya vṛttam ācāraṃ, kulam ābhijātyaṃ, śīlam ātmaguṇaṃ, śrutaṃ śāstraśravaṇaṃ, adhyayanaṃ vedādhyayanaṃ, tapaḥ kṛcchrādi ca parīkṣya rājā dharmād anapetāṃ vṛttiṃ prakalpayet | anyathā tasya doṣaḥ | tathā ca manuḥ |
Examining the conduct (traditional practice), family (noble birth), character (personal virtue), learning (hearing the scriptures), Vedic study (recitation of the Veda), austerity (kṛcchra penances and the like), and family dependents of one who is overcome by hunger and suffering, the king should assign a livelihood that does not deviate from duty. Otherwise, there is fault for him. And likewise Manu [says]:
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