are no longer fit for wear, should be given away by the regenerate classes unto the Sudra.  These are the latter’s lawful acquisitions.  Men conversant with morality say that if the Sudra approaches any one belonging to the three regenerate orders from desire of doing menial service, the latter should assign him proper work.  Unto the sonless Sudra his master should offer the funeral cake.  The weak and the old amongst them should be maintained.[183] The Sudra should never abandon his master, whatever the nature or degree of the distress into which the latter may fall.  If the master loses his wealth, he should with excessive zeal be supported by the Sudra servant.  A Sudra cannot have any wealth that is his own.  Whatever he possesses belongs lawfully to his master.[184] Sacrifice has been laid down as a duty of the three other orders.  It has been ordained for the Sudra also, O Bharata!  A Sudra, however, is not competent to titter swaha and swadha or any other Vedic mantra.  For this reason, the Sudra, without observing the vows laid down in the Vedas, should worship the gods in minor sacrifices called Paka-yajnas.  The gift called Purna-patra is declared to be the Dakshina of such sacrifices.[185] It has been heard by us that in days of old a Sudra of the name of Paijavana gave a Dakshina (in one of his sacrifices) consisting of a hundred thousand Purnapatras, according to the ordinance called Aindragni.[186] Sacrifice (as has been already said), is as much laid down for the Sudra as for the three other classes.  Of all sacrifices, devotion has been laid down to be the foremost.[187] Devotion is a high deity.  It cleanses all sacrificers.  Then again Brahmanas are the foremost of gods unto their respective Sudra attendants.  They worship the gods in sacrifices, for obtaining the fruition of various wishes.  The members of the three other classes have all sprung from the Brahmanas.[188] The Brahmanas are the gods of the very gods.  Whatever they would say would be for thy great good.  Therefore, all kinds of sacrifices naturally appertain to all the four orders.  The obligation is not one whose discharge is optional.  The Brahmana, who is conversant with Richs, Yajuses, and Samans, should always be worshipped as a god.  The Sudra, who is without Richs and Yajuses and Samans, has Prajapati for his god.[189] Mental sacrifice.  O sire, is laid down for all the orders, O Bharata!  It is not true that the gods and other (Superior) persons do not manifest a desire to share the offerings in such sacrifices of even the Sudra.[190] For, this reason, the sacrifice that consists in devotion is laid down for all the classes.[191] The Brahmana is the foremost of gods.  It is not true that they that belong to that order do not perform the sacrifices of the other orders.  The fire called Vitana, though procured from Vaisyas and inspired with mantras, is still inferior.[192] The Brahmana is the performer or the sacrifices of the three other orders.  For this reason all the