[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [The Mahābhārata and its versions](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata) › [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) › [Bharatabhavadipa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha) › 5.17.10 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 5.17.10 Bhāratabhāvadīpa 5.17.10 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.17.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.5.17.10) nahuṣastu 'brāhmaṇāścaiva gāvaśca kulamekaṃ dvidhā kṛtam | ekatra mantrāstiṣṭhanti havirekatra tiṣṭhati' iti śāstraprāmāṇyādbrāhmaṇavadgavāmavadhyatvaṃ manvāno vademapramāṇīcakāra | vedasya brāhmaṇānāṃ cāvamānādadhogatiḥ prāpyata ityākhyāyikātātparyam || - [Previous: 5.17.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.5.17.9) - [Next: 5.18.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.5.18.1) - [Up: 5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.5.17) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.5.17.9) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.5.17.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.5.17.10) · Pramāṇa