Persons conversant with the Vedas declare that if a Brahmana versed in the Vedas and observant of vows becomes, through want of means, a thief, it is the duty of the king to support him.
अवृत्त्या यो भवेत् स्तेनो वेदवित् स्नातकस्तथा। राजन् स राज्ञा भर्तव्य इति वेदविदो विदुः॥