The religious rites laid down in the three Vedas, knowledge, and the acts necessary for the support of life, (viz., agriculture, trade, etc.), O foremost of Bharata's race, and the very extensive branch of learning called legislation, were described in it.
त्रयी चान्वीक्षिकी चैव वार्ता च भरतर्षभ। दण्डनीतिश्च विपुला विद्यास्तत्र निदर्शिताः॥