(14) For the
brahmins there are the six to the Veda's [to study
and teach, worship and model and give and receive in
charity] and for the rest are there the same six
minus the acceptance of charity; the means of
livelihood for the rulers who maintain the people
consists of levying taxes and such from those who do
not belong to the ones motivated inward [the
brahmins].
Chapter
12:
The
Four Asrâma's and How to Leave the Body
(11) All this
following to the directions of the guru applies to a
householder as good as to a renunciate, be it that the
householder can have sex for a certain period of time
[also: B.G.
7.11].
(23) When either
diseased or too old being unable to do his duties for
advancing in knowledge and the spiritual life, must he
refrain from taking food. (24) Properly placing
the fire element within himself he should give up the
false self of being identified with the body and merge
completely in, as it is, the combined of the five
elements only.
Chapter
13:
The
Behavior of a Saintly Person
(11)
The learned
recite as an example of this hidden identity a very
old historical incident of a conversation between
Prahlâda and a saintly man who lived as a
python.
Chapter
14:
The
Supreme of the Householders Life
(17) O King, the
Supreme Lord, the enjoyer of all sacrifices is not as
much worshiped by the offering of ghee in the mouth of
the fire as by offerings to the mouths of the learned
[see also 3.16:
8].
Chapter
15:
Nârada's
Instructions on Sharing, Irreligion, Yoga and
Advaita
(72)
I too, expert in
singing the glories of the divine life, went there
surrounded with woman and well known with my attitude
cursed the divine rulers of the universe me with great
force for my contempt: 'O you, in offense with the
etiquette, become a sudra as from now, bereft of the
beauty!'
