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| रक्षया स हि तेषां वै महत्सुखमवाप्नुयात्। प्रजापतिर्हि वैश्याय सृष्ट्वा परिददौ पशून्।। 25 | | रक्षया स हि तेषां वै महत्सुखमवाप्नुयात्। प्रजापतिर्हि वैश्याय सृष्ट्वा परिददौ पशून्।। 25 |
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− | The Vaishyas were created from the stomach of the creator and hence, they resort to various modes related to earning a living like agriculture and trading in their lifetime.<ref>Shastri, Ramnarayanadatta Pandey, Mahabharata Volume 6 (With Hindi Translation), Gorakhpur:Gita Press.</ref> | + | The Vaishyas were created from the stomach of the creator and hence, they resort to various modes related to earning a living like agriculture and trading in their lifetime.<ref name=":4">Shastri, Ramnarayanadatta Pandey, Mahabharata Volume 6 (With Hindi Translation), Gorakhpur:Gita Press.</ref> |
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− | ऊरुभ्यामुद्गता वैश्यास्तस्माद्वार्तोपजीविनः।13.208.5<ref>Mahabharata, Anushasana Parva, [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D-13-%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5-208 Adhyaya 208]</ref> | + | ऊरुभ्यामुद्गता वैश्यास्तस्माद्वार्तोपजीविनः।13.208.5<ref name=":5">Mahabharata, Anushasana Parva, [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D-13-%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5-208 Adhyaya 208]</ref> |
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| + | Enumerating the importance of the Vaishyas in the society the Mahabharata says, |
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| + | तथैव देवि वैश्याश्च लोकयात्राहिताः स्मृताः। अन्ये तानुपजीवन्ति प्रत्यक्षफलदा हि ते।।13.208.27 |
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| + | यदि न स्युस्तथा वैश्या न भवेयुस्तथा परे।13.208.28<ref name=":5" /> |
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| + | The Vaishyas facilitate the life journey of the other people. The people of other varnas manage their living with the aid of the Vaishyas. For, they are the fruit-bearers. If there are no vaishyas, the people of other varnas will also not exist.<ref name=":4" /> |
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