[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Historical poems, biographies and chronicles](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical) › [The Life of Ballālasena](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.vallalacarita) › 2.16.12 # The Life of Ballālasena 2.16.12 Vallālacarita 2.16.12 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.16.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.vallalacarita.2.16.12) duḥśīlo 'pi dvijaḥ pūjyo na śūdro vijetendriyaḥ / viprā hi kṣatriyātmāno nāvajñeyāḥ kadācana // > A Brahmin is to be honored even if ill-behaved, but not a Śūdra even if he has subdued his senses; > for Brahmins have the nature of Kṣatriyas, and must never be despised. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.16.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.vallalacarita.2.16.11) - [Next: 2.16.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.vallalacarita.2.16.13) - [Up: 2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.vallalacarita.2.16) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.vallalacarita~en-mt.2.16.12) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.56) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.vallalacarita.2.16.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.vallalacarita.2.16.12) · Pramāṇa