A man should follow the profession of the order among which he is born, but similarly in tirnes of distress these occupations which are fixed, follow the rule of virtue and vice. Hear now, O Sanjaya, what constitutes profession in times of distress.
एवं तथैवापदि लिङ्गमेतद् धर्माधर्मी नित्यवृत्ती भजेताम्। मापद्धर्मं संजय तं निबोध॥