svayaṁ ca maṇḍitā nityaṁ
svayaṁ ca maṇḍitā nityaṁ
parimṛṣṭa-paricchadā
kāmair uccāvacaiḥ sādhvī
praśrayeṇa damena ca
vākyaiḥ satyaiḥ priyaiḥ premṇā
kāle kāle bhajet patim
Always well decorated and wearing clean cloth, she should please her husband by washing and decorating the house, by offering great and small services desired by the husband, by modesty, by control of the senses, by truthful and pleasing speech, and by affection.
|| 7.11.28 ||
santuṣṭālolupā dakṣā
dharma-jñā priya-satya-vāk
apramattā śuciḥ snigdhā
patiṁ tv apatitaṁ bhajet
Being satisfied, without greed, expert, knowledgeable of dharma, pleasing, truthful, attentive, clean and affectionate, she should serve her husband who is not fallen.
|| 7.11.29 ||
yā patiṁ hari-bhāvena
bhajet śrīr iva tat-parā
hary-ātmanā harer loke
patyā śrīr iva modate
The woman, who, like Lakṣmī, engages in the service of her husband, by thinking of her husband as Lord, enjoys in Vaikuṇṭha with her devotee husband like Lakṣmī.
She enjoys with her husband who has the Lord as his soul.
|| 7.11.30 ||
vṛttiḥ saṅkara-jātīnāṁ
tat-tat-kula-kṛtā bhavet
acaurāṇām apāpānām
antyajāntevasāyinām
The occupations of persons of mixed castes who are not thieves and are not sinful in conduct, such as the castes called antyaja and antevasāyi, should be the occupations of their family tradition.
The occupations of those who marry a woman of higher or lower varṇa are described. They take the occupation of their family. Thus those from barber families become barbers and those from washer men families become washer men. These persons should not come from sinful families such as those addicted to drinking and illicit sex. Thievery is also forbidden. These occupations, without involving theft, are considered to have no sin attached to them. Some examples are given of persons married women of higher caste.
rajakaś carmakāraś ca naṭo varuḍa eva ca
kaivartam edabhillāś ca saptaite antyajāḥ smṛtāḥ
The washer man, leather dealer, actor, cane splitter, fisherman, the meda and the mountain tribal are known as antyaja.
Angevasāyi means caṇḍāla[118] and others.
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