Srimad Bhagvata Mahapurana Book 11 Chapter 17:54-55

Book 11: Chapter 17

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Srimad Bhagvata Mahapurana: Book 11: Chapter 17: Verses 54-55

Pondering thus and living*[1] (unattached) in his house like a stranger and having no sense of 'V and "mine" (with regard to the body and those connected with it), he does not get bound by his household but remains free (from all bondage). Worshipping Me alone through his household duties, a devotee may stay in his house (continue to be a householder) or retire into the forest (enter the order of an anchorite) or renounce the world and go about as a mendicant recluse if he has a male issue.

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References

  1. Although the law-giver Gautama enjoins a Brahmana in straitened circumstances to take to the military profession in preference to trade, the Lord permits him to do so only as a third alternative and gives preference to trade obviously because it is a peaceful pursuit and does not involve destruction of life,+ Lord Mane classifies Karus or artisans under the following five heads:-,the five varieties of Karus are--arpernters, weavers, barbrs, washermn and shoemakers or tanners of leather.

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