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	| Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 
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 << VERSE 49 >>
 
 śūdra-vṛttiṁ bhajed vaiśyaḥ
 śūdraḥ kāru-kaṭa-kriyām
 kṛcchrān mukto na garhyeṇa
 vṛttiṁ lipseta karmaṇā
 
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 TRANSLATION
 
 
 |   | A vaiśya, or mercantile man, who cannot maintain himself may adopt the occupation of a śūdra, and a śūdra who cannot find a master can engage in simple activities like making baskets and mats of straw. However, all members of society who have adopted inferior occupations in emergency situations must give up those substitute occupations when the difficulties have passed. 
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 |   | This verse has not purport by His Holiness Hṛdayānanda dās Gosvāmi, initiated disciple of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Svāmī Prabhupāda. 
 
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