Vaiśya

she and one of his own *varna* for a Vaiśya;

If a Vaiśya and a Śūdra arrive at the house as guests, he should feed them along with his servants, showing them kindness.

The sages know that the first four are praiseworthy for a Brāhmaṇa, the `Rākṣasa` alone for a Kṣatriya, and the `Āsura` for a Vaiśya and a Śūdra.

Where a Brāhmaṇa is not available, a Kṣatriya should be appointed, or a Vaiśya who knows the scriptures of Dharma.

to a Vaiśya, one should apply the ordeal of water.

Slavery is in the natural order of the castes, not in the reverse order, for a Kṣatriya, Vaiśya, and Śūdra who renounce their independence.

A Vaiśya woman may have two husbands;

A Vaiśya woman who has borne children should wait for four years;

In the marriage of Brāhmaṇas, Kṣatriyas, Vaiśyas, and Śūdras, a wife of one's own class is best, and for a woman, a husband of her own class.

A Brāhmaṇa should perform the Sāṃtapana penance;

A Kṣatriya, by giving five *māṣas* of gold, and for a Vaiśya, a cow as a sacrificial fee and a fast are prescribed.

He who kills a blameless Vaiśya or Kṣatriya should also perform two Kṛcchra penances and give twenty cows as a sacrificial fee.

For the Vāstu-pūjana performed by a Vaiśya on the bright Ekādaśī of Caitra, the one pervading the afternoon should be taken.

> There, in the afternoon, Vāstu, the sustainer of the lineage of Vaiśyas, should be worshipped with offerings of water, garlands, clothes, and various colors.

Nine for Vaiśyas, seven for Kṣatriyas, and six for Brahmins and Śūdras.

[Slo_27s-ab] > *A Vaiśya should be made a farmer, a herdsman, one whose vow is to tend the crops;

The work⁵ of a *Vaiśya* is to work the rice fields, to tend to the cattle, to grow rice, to be aided by the plough.

[Slo_78j§3] As for the *Vaiśya*, they are of the farmer class by birth.

For defiling a Vaiśya, half of that again.

The duty of a Vaiśya is the tending of cattle.

And one where Vaiśyas and Śūdras are numerous.

the middle for a Kṣatriya, the lowest for a Vaiśya, and half of that for a Śūdra.

for a Vaiśya, fifteen;

In distress, a twice-born may live by the occupation of a Kṣatriya or a Vaiśya;

a Vaiśya attains the fruits of his commerce;

the vaiśyas were devoted in their vows to the kṣatriyas;

"— surrounded always by brāhmaṇas, kṣatriyas, and vaiśyas devoted to their own duties, with senses controlled, of great enterprise, and by thousands of ministers —"

that which is his middle is the Vaiśya;

The brāhmaṇa alone is the husband — not the king, nor the vaiśya.

The Brahman alone teaches, but the entire youth of the three higher castes, Brahmans, Kshatriyas, and Vaisyas, come and sit at his feet to be instructed in sacred learning;

for a Vaiśya, it is fifteen nights.

The assembly (*pariṣad* (परिषद्)) for kings is remembered as double that of Brahmins, and for Vaiśyas, it is triple;

A Brahmin for Brahmins, a reader for Kṣatriyas, and the questioner for Vaiśyas—they are remembered as the givers of the vow.