वृत्तिर्भूतानि भूतानां चराणामचराणि च । कृता स्वेन नृणां तत्र कामाच्चोदनयापि वा ॥ १३ ॥
vṛttir bhūtāni bhūtānāṁ carāṇām acarāṇi ca kṛtā svena nṛṇāṁ tatra kāmāc codanayāpi vā
- vṛttiḥ
- the sustenance
- bhūtāni
- living beings
- bhūtānām
- of living beings
- carāṇām
- of those that move
- acarāṇi
- those that do not move
- ca
- and
- kṛtā
- executed
- svena
- by one’s own conditioned nature
- nṛṇām
- for human beings
- tatra
- therein
- kāmāt
- out of lust
- codanayā
- in pursuit of Vedic injunction
- api
- indeed
- vā
- or
Vṛtti means the process of sustenance, by which the moving beings live upon the nonmoving. For a human, vṛtti specifically means acting for one’s livelihood in a manner suited to his personal nature. Such action may be carried out either in pursuit of selfish desire or in accordance with the law of God.