Prashna (Question)
rajan kulena vrttena svadhyayena shrutena va
brahmanyam kenabhavati prabruhyetatsu nishcitam
(Translation)
King, how does one become a Brahmin: by birth?
character? study of the Vedas? education? Tell me precisely.
Uttar (Answer)
shrnu yaksha kulam tata nasvadhyayo nacashrutam
karanam hi dvijatve ca vrttameva na samshayha
(Translation)
Listen, Yaksha, it is neither birth nor education, nor even the study
of the Vedas. Without doubt, it is character alone that marks a Brahmin.
rajan kulena vrttena svadhyayena shrutena va
brahmanyam kenabhavati prabruhyetatsu nishcitam
(Translation)
King, how does one become a Brahmin: by birth?
character? study of the Vedas? education? Tell me precisely.
Uttar (Answer)
shrnu yaksha kulam tata nasvadhyayo nacashrutam
karanam hi dvijatve ca vrttameva na samshayha
(Translation)
Listen, Yaksha, it is neither birth nor education, nor even the study
of the Vedas. Without doubt, it is character alone that marks a Brahmin.
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