Shloka 8
Adhyaya 41 — Yogic Conduct and the Discipline Leading to Siddhi
भैक्ष्यञ्चरेद् गृहस्थेषु यायावरगृहेषु च । श्रेष्ठा तु प्रथमा चेति वृत्तिरस्योपदिश्यते ॥
bhaikṣyañ cared gṛhastheṣu yāyāvaragṛheṣu ca | śreṣṭhā tu prathamā ceti vṛttir asyopadiśyate ||
সে গৃহস্থদের কাছে এবং যাযাবরদের (ভ্রমণশীল ভিক্ষুকদের) গৃহেও ভিক্ষা চাইবে। এই দুটির মধ্যে প্রথমটি—গৃহস্থদের নিকট—তার জন্য শ্রেষ্ঠ জীবিকা বলা হয়েছে।
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FAQs
The text systematizes mendicant livelihood and implies a preference for a regulated, socially integrated alms practice (among householders) over less grounded alternatives.
Normative instruction (ācāra) rather than cosmology or genealogy.
Choosing a ‘better’ vṛtti is part of reducing rajas and social entanglement; livelihood itself becomes a yogic support (anukūla) or obstacle (pratikūla).