Vishnupurana 3.8.p8

A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam 3.8.p8

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3.8.p8

"In cases of emergency a Brāhmin may follow the occupations of a Kshatriya or Vaiçya; the Kshatriya may adopt those of Vaiçyas and the Vaiçya those of Kshatriya: but the last two should never adopt the functions of the Sudra if they could avoid them. And if that be not possible they must at any rate avoid the functions of the mined caste. I will now describe to you, O king, the duties of the several Asramas".

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Viṣṇupurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit