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Vishnupurana 3.8.34

Viṣṇupurāṇa (critical edition) 3.8.34

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Sanskrit

3.8.34

bhṛtyādibharaṇārthāya sarveṣāṃ ca parigrahaḥ
ṛtukālābhigamanaṃ svadāreṣu mahīpate //

"Besides these their respective obligations, there are duties equally incumbent upon all the four castes. These are, the acquisition of property, for the support of their families; cohabitation with their wives, for the sake of progeny; tenderness towards all creatures, patience, humility, truth, purity, contentment, decency of decoration, gentleness of speech, friendliness; and freedom from envy and repining, from avarice, and from detraction. These also are the duties of every condition of life.

Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition

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