Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 41, Shloka 10
Adhyaya 41 — Yogic Conduct and the Discipline Leading to Siddhi
अत ऊर्ध्वं पश्चापि अदुष्टापतितेषु च । भैक्ष्यचर्या विवर्णेषु जघन्या वृत्तिरिष्यते ॥
ata ūrdhvaṃ paścāpi aduṣṭāpatiteṣu ca | bhaikṣyacaryā vivarṇeṣu jaghanyā vṛttir iṣyate ||
再往下（属较低等次），即便在那些并非恶人却已失坠正行者之中，以及在处于种姓秩序之外者（vivarṇa）之中，以乞食为生的行法也被视为最下等的生计。
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FAQs
The passage ranks sources of support, aiming to protect the renunciant’s discipline and reputation; it reflects the text’s social-ritual purity framework, where association and dependence are carefully regulated.
Not pañcalakṣaṇa; it is social-ethical instruction (ācāra) within a yogic teaching sequence.
On an inner reading, ‘higher’ and ‘lower’ vṛttis symbolize subtler vs. grosser supports for the mind: purer contexts reduce agitation and help stabilize meditation.