Book 12 Chapter 181 | |
1 | bhṛgur uvāca |
1 | asṛjad brāhmaṇān eva pūrvaṃ brahmā prajāpatiḥ
ātmatejobhinirvṛttān bhāskarāgnisamaprabhān |
2 | tataḥ satyaṃ ca dharmaṃ ca tapo brahma ca śāśvatam
ācāraṃ caiva śaucaṃ ca svargāya vidadhe prabhuḥ |
3 | devadānavagandharvadaityāsuramahoragāḥ
yakṣarākṣasanāgāś ca piśācā manujās tathā |
4 | brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā vaiśyāḥ śūdrāś ca dvijasattama
ye cānye bhūtasaṃghānāṃ saṃghās tāṃś cāpi nirmame |
5 | brāhmaṇānāṃ sito varṇaḥ kṣatriyāṇāṃ tu lohitaḥ
vaiśyānāṃ pītako varṇaḥ śūdrāṇām asitas tathā |
6 | bharadvāja uvāca |
6 | cāturvarṇyasya varṇena yadi varṇo vibhajyate
sarveṣāṃ khalu varṇānāṃ dṛśyate varṇasaṃkaraḥ |
7 | kāmaḥ krodho bhayaṃ lobhaḥ śokaś cintā kṣudhā śramaḥ
sarveṣāṃ naḥ prabhavati kasmād varṇo vibhajyate |
8 | svedamūtrapurīṣāṇi śleṣmā pittaṃ saśoṇitam
tanuḥ kṣarati sarveṣāṃ kasmād varṇo vibhajyate |
9 | jaṅgamānām asaṃkhyeyāḥ sthāvarāṇāṃ ca jātayaḥ
teṣāṃ vividhavarṇānāṃ kuto varṇaviniścayaḥ |
10 | bhṛgur uvāca |
10 | na viśeṣo 'sti varṇānāṃ sarvaṃ brāhmam idaṃ jagat
brahmaṇā pūrvasṛṣṭaṃ hi karmabhir varṇatāṃ gatam |
11 | kāmabhogapriyās tīkṣṇāḥ krodhanāḥ priyasāhasāḥ
tyaktasvadharmā raktāṅgās te dvijāḥ kṣatratāṃ gatāḥ |
12 | goṣu vṛttiṃ samādhāya pītāḥ kṛṣyupajīvinaḥ
svadharmaṃ nānutiṣṭhanti te dvijā vaiśyatāṃ gatāḥ |
13 | hiṃsānṛtapriyā lubdhāḥ sarvakarmopajīvinaḥ
kṛṣṇāḥ śaucaparibhraṣṭās te dvijāḥ śūdratāṃ gatāḥ |
14 | ity etaiḥ karmabhir vyastā dvijā varṇāntaraṃ gatāḥ
dharmo yajñakriyā caiṣāṃ nityaṃ na pratiṣidhyate |
15 | varṇāś catvāra ete hi yeṣāṃ brāhmī sarasvatī
vihitā brahmaṇā pūrvaṃ lobhāt tv ajñānatāṃ gatāḥ |
16 | brāhmaṇā dharmatantrasthās tapas teṣāṃ na naśyati
brahma dhārayatāṃ nityaṃ vratāni niyamāṃs tathā |
17 | brahma caitat purā sṛṣṭaṃ ye na jānanty atadvidaḥ
teṣāṃ bahuvidhās tv anyās tatra tatra hi jātayaḥ |
18 | piśācā rākṣasāḥ pretā bahudhā mlecchajātayaḥ
pranaṣṭajñānavijñānāḥ svacchandācāraceṣṭitāḥ |
19 | prajā brāhmaṇasaṃskārāḥ svadharmakṛtaniścayāḥ
ṛṣibhiḥ svena tapasā sṛjyante cāpare paraiḥ |
20 | ādidevasamudbhūtā brahmamūlākṣayāvyayā
sā sṛṣṭir mānasī nāma dharmatantraparāyaṇā |