Shloka 11
Agastya-Māhātmya and Vasiṣṭha’s Protection of the Ādityas
Khalina Daityas; Sarayū Etiology
चिकित्सक: काण्डपृष्ठ: पुराध्यक्ष: पुरोहित: । सांवत्सरो वृथाध्यायी सर्वे ते शूद्रसम्मिता:,जो चिकित्सा करनेवाला, शास्त्र बेचकर जीविका चलानेवाला, ग्रामाध्यक्ष, पुरोहित, वर्षफल बतानेवाला ज्योतिषी और वेद-शास्त्रसे भिन्न व्यर्थकी पुस्तकें पढ़नेवाला है, वे सबके सब ब्राह्मण शूद्रके समान हैं
bhīṣma uvāca | cikitsakaḥ kāṇḍapṛṣṭhaḥ purādhyakṣaḥ purohitaḥ | sāṃvatsaro vṛthādhyāyī sarve te śūdrasammitāḥ ||
Bhishma said: “A healer by trade, one who lives by selling learning, a village or town headman, a priest who serves for livelihood, a yearly prognosticator (astrologer), and one who studies worthless books outside the Veda and śāstra—such persons, though born as Brahmins, are regarded as equivalent to Śūdras.”
भीष्म उवाच