He should worship the celestials in sacrifices, attend with devotion to the study and recitation of the Vedas, and become pure in body and mind. He should keep his senses under control, honour the Brahmanas, and seek the behoof of all the orders. Living like a householder and eating only twice a day at the appointed hours, he should satisfy his hunger with only such food as reinains after all the members of his family with dependants and guests have been fed. He should be abstemious in food, and act without being actuated by the desire of reward. He should be free from egotism. He should worship the deities in the Agnihotra and pour libations according to the ordinance. Performing the duties of hospitality towards all persons, he should, as already said, cat the food that remains after serving all others for whom it has been cooked. He should, according to the ordinances laid down, adore the three fires. Such a Vaishya of pure conduct is born in his next life in a high Kshatriya family.
यजते नित्ययज्ञैश्च स्वाध्यायपरमः शुचिः। दान्तो ब्राह्मणसत्कर्ता सर्ववर्णबुभूषकः॥ गृहस्थव्रतमातिष्ठन् द्विकालकृतभोजनः। शेषाशी विजिताहारो निष्कामो निरहंवदः॥ अग्निहोत्रमुपासंश्च जुह्वानश्च यथाविधि। सर्वातिथ्यमुपातिष्ठशेषान्नकृतभोजनः॥ त्रेताग्निमन्त्रविहितो वैश्यो भवति वै द्विजः। स वैश्यः क्षत्रियकुले शुचौ महति जायते॥