The profession prescribed for a Kshatriya is the acquisition of wealth by battle and victory. He should never beg of a member of his own caste. The person who maintains himself ordinarily by following the practices primarily sanctioned, for him, may, in times of distress, support himself by following the practices laid down in the alternative.
स्वधर्मानन्तरा वृत्तिर्जात्याननुपजीवतः। जहतः प्रथमं कल्पमनुकल्पेन जीवनम्॥