Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 14.117
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14.117.1
कीदृशानां तु शूद्राणां नानुगृह्णासि चार्चनम् ।
उद्वेगस्तव कस्माद्धि तन्मे ब्रूहि सुरेश्वर ॥ १४.११७.१ ॥
O lord of the gods, of what kind of śūdras do you not favor the worship? Why does it cause you distress? Tell me that.
14.117.2
अव्रतेनाप्यभक्तेन स्पृष्टां शूद्रेण चार्चनाम् ।
तां वर्जयामि राजेन्द्र श्वपाकविहितामिव ॥ १४.११७.२ ॥
That worship touched by a śūdra who has no vows and no devotion, O lord of kings, I reject, as if it were prescribed for a dog-cooker.
14.117.3
नन्वहं शङ्करश्चापि गावो विप्रास्तथैव च ।
अश्वत्थोऽमररूपं हि त्रयमेतद्युधिष्ठिर ॥ १४.११७.३ ॥
O Yudhiṣṭhira, are not I, Śaṅkara too, the cows, the brahmins, and likewise the aśvattha tree — these three of immortal form?
14.117.4
एतत्त्रयं हि मद्भक्तो नावमन्येत कर्हिचित् ।
अवमानितमेतत्तु दहत्यासप्तमं कुलम् ॥ १४.११७.४ ॥
My devotee should never disrespect these three; for disrespect to them burns the lineage down to the seventh generation.
14.117.5
अश्वत्थो ब्राह्मणा गावो मन्मयास्तारयन्ति हि ।
तस्मादेतत्प्रयत्नेन त्रयं पूजय पाण्डव ॥ १४.११७.५ ॥
The aśvattha tree, the brahmins, and the cows are made of me, and they carry others across. Therefore, son of Pāṇḍu, honor these three with diligence.
14.117.6
ब्राह्मणेनैव देहेन कथं शूद्रत्वमाप्नुयात् ।
ब्रह्म वा नश्यति कथं वक्तुं देव त्वमर्हसि ॥ १४.११७.६ ॥
How could one born in a brahmin body come to the state of a śūdra? Or how does brahman, the Veda, perish? O god, you are fit to tell me.
14.117.7
कूपस्नानं तु यो विप्रः कुर्याद्द्वादशवार्षिकम् ।
स तेनैव शरीरेण शूद्रत्वं यात्यसंशयम् ॥ १४.११७.७ ॥
A brahmin who bathes in a well for twelve years, with that very body, without doubt goes to the state of a shudra.
14.117.8
यस्तु राजाश्रयेणैव जीवेद्द्वादशवार्षिकम् ।
स शूद्रत्वं व्रजेद्विप्रो वेदानां पारगोपि सन् ॥ १४.११७.८ ॥
A brahmin who lives for twelve years solely by depending on a king goes to the state of a shudra, even though he has mastered the Vedas.
14.117.9
पत्तने नगरे वाऽपि यो द्वादशसमा वसेत् ।
स शूद्रत्वं व्रजेद्विप्रो नात्र कार्या विचारणा ॥ १४.११७.९ ॥
A brahmin who dwells twelve years in a town or in a city goes to the state of a shudra; there is no doubt about this.
14.117.10
उत्पादयति यः पुत्रं शूद्रायां काममोहितः ।
तस्य कायगतं ब्रह्म सद्य एव विनश्यति ॥ १४.११७.१० ॥
A brahmin who, deluded by desire, begets a son with a shudra woman, at once loses the brahman that dwells in his body.
14.117.11
यः सोमलतिकां विप्रः केवलं भक्षयेद्वृथा ।
तस्य कायगतं ब्रह्म सद्य एव विनश्यति ॥ १४.११७.११ ॥
A brahmin who merely eats the soma creeper in vain, at once loses the brahman that dwells in his body.
14.117.12
मैथुनं कुरुते यस्तु जिह्वायां ब्राह्मणो नृप ।
तस्य कायगतं ब्रह्म सद्य एव विनश्यति ॥ १४.११७.१२ ॥
O king, a brahmin who engages in sexual intercourse with his tongue at once loses the brahman that dwells in his body.
14.117.13
विप्रत्वं दुर्लभं प्राप्य दुर्मर्गैरेवमादिभिः ।
विनाशयन्ति ये तत्तु ताञ्शोचामि युधिष्ठिर ॥ १४.११७.१३ ॥
O Yudhiṣṭhira, I grieve for those who, having obtained the rare state of a brahmin, destroy it through wrong paths and such like.
14.117.14
तस्मात्सर्वप्रत्नेन मत्प्रियो यो युधिष्ठिर ।
जातिभ्रंशकरं कर्म न कुर्यादीदृशं द्विजः ॥ १४.११७.१४ ॥
Therefore, O Yudhiṣṭhira, the twice-born man who is dear to me should, with every effort, not perform such an action as causes loss of caste.