For a Shudra who wishes to hear (such scriptures as are not forbidden in his case), who has performed his duties, who has procreated a son, between whom and the superior orders there is not much difference for the purity of his conduct, all the modes of life have been laid down save the observance of universal peacefulness and self-control.
शुश्रूषोः कृतकार्यस्य कृतसंतानकर्मणः। अभ्यनुज्ञातराजस्य शूद्रस्य जगतीपते॥ अल्पान्तरगतस्यापि दशधर्मगतस्य वा। आश्रमा विहिताः सर्वे वर्जयित्वा निराशिषम्॥