O foremost of Brahmanas, knowing this to be the duty of my order, I do not give it up. Knowing this to be the result of my own acts, I earn my livelihood by doing it.
स्वधर्म इति कृत्वा तु न त्यजामि द्विजोत्तम। पुरा कृतमिति ज्ञात्वा जीवाम्येतेन कर्मणा॥