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The Order of Stages of Life and the Four Castes. - Verse 10

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 3 · Verse 10

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Sanskrit Original

प्रकर्तुमसमर्थो ऽपि जुहोतियजतिक्रियाः। अन्धः पङ्गुर्दरिद्रो वा विरक्तः संन्यसेद द्विजः।।

prakartumasamartho 'pi juhotiyajatikriyāḥ| andhaḥ paṅgurdaridro vā viraktaḥ saṃnyased dvijaḥ||

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One who is incapable of performing a //bma and sacrificial rites, physically handicapped persons like a blind man or a lame man, or an indigent Brahmana, if detached, should renounce as a Sannydsin.^