9.1.6.3. Excursus on Brahmins
O edn 805-807, O tr. 2069.313a parām apy āpadaṃ prāpto brāhmaṇān na prakopayet |
9.313c te hy enaṃ kupitā hanyuḥ sadyaḥ sa.bala.vāhanam || 313
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9.314a yaiḥ kṛtaḥ sarvabhakṣyo 'gnir apeyaś ca mahodadhiḥ |
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9.314c kṣayī ca-āpyāyitaḥ somaḥ ko na naśyet prakopya tān ||
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9.315a lokān anyān sṛjeyur ye lokapālāṃś ca kopitāḥ |
9.315c devān kuryur adevāṃś ca kaḥ kṣiṇvaṃs tān samṛdhnuyāt ||
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9.316a yān upāśritya tiṣṭhanti lokā devāś ca sarvadā |
9.316c brahma ca-eva dhanaṃ yeṣāṃ ko hiṃsyāt tāñ jijīviṣuḥ ||
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9.317a a.vidvāṃś ca-eva vidvāṃś ca brāhmaṇo daivataṃ mahat
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9.317c praṇītaś ca-a.praṇītaś ca yathā-agnir daivataṃ mahat ||
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9.318a śmaśāneṣv api tejasvī pāvako na-eva duṣyati |
9.318c hūyamānaś ca yajñeṣu bhūya eva-abhivardhate || 318
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9.319a evaṃ yady apy aniṣṭeṣu vartante sarvakarmasu |
9.319c sarvathā brāhmaṇāḥ pūjyāḥ paramaṃ daivatam hi tat || 319
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9.320a kṣatrasya-atipravṛddhasya brāhmaṇān prati sarvaśaḥ |
9.320c brahma-eva sanniyantṛ syāt kṣatraṃ hi brahma.sambhavam
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9.321a adbhyo 'gnir brahmataḥ kṣatram aśmano loham utthitam
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9.321c teṣāṃ sarvatragaṃ tejaḥ svāsu yoniṣu śāmyati || 321
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9.322a na-a.brahma kṣatram ṛdhnoti na-a.kṣatraṃ brahma vardhate
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9.322c brahma kṣatraṃ ca sampṛktam iha ca-amutra vardhate ||
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9.323a dattvā dhanaṃ tu viprebhyaḥ sarvadaṇḍasamutthitam |
9.323c putre rājyaṃ samāsṛjya kurvīta prāyaṇaṃ raṇe || 323 ||
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