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The True Definition of a Brahmin

Bhavisya Purana · 1 · Verse 40.10

brahminvarnaeducationsamskarabrahman

Sanskrit Original

जन्मना जायते शूद्रः संस्कारात्द्विज उच्यते। वेदाभ्यासी भवेद्विप्रः ब्रह्म जानाति ब्राह्मणः॥

janmanā jāyate śūdraḥ saṁskārāt dvija ucyate vedābhyāsī bhaved vipraḥ brahma jānāti brāhmaṇaḥ

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By birth one is a Shudra; by sacraments one is called Dvija (twice‑born); by study of the Vedas one becomes a Vipra; he who knows Brahman is a Brāhmaṇa.