Bhagavata Purana 7.11.14
Srimad Bhagavatam · 11 · Verse 14
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Sanskrit Original
विप्रस्याध्ययनादीनि षडन्यस्याप्रतिग्रह: । राज्ञो वृत्ति: प्रजागोप्तुरविप्राद्वा करादिभि: ॥ १४ ॥
viprasyādhyayanādīni ṣaḍ-anyasyāpratigrahaḥ rājño vṛttiḥ prajā-goptur aviprād vā karādibhiḥ
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For a brāhmaṇa there are six occupational duties. A kṣatriya should not accept charity, but he may perform the other five of these duties. A king or kṣatriya is not allowed to levy taxes on brāhmaṇas, but he may make his livelihood by levying minimal taxes, customs duties, and penalty fines upon his other subjects.
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