For a Brahmana living like a house-holder, there is no means save the acceptance of gifts for the sake of the gods, or the Rishis, or the Pitris, or the preceptor, or the aged, or the diseased, or the hungry.
गृहमावसतो ह्यस्य नान्यत तीर्थं प्रतिग्रहात्। देवर्षिपितृगुर्वर्थं वृद्धातुरबुभुक्षताम्॥