The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 5.28.3

5.28.3

atra ādyayoḥ pracchannatvāt cirakālena tattvāniścayaḥ antye tu pratyakṣaliṅge'pi āpatkālavaśāddharmādharmayorvyatyāso jāyata ityāha- evamiti | etadevarūpaṃ lokapratyakṣaṃ liṅgaṃ brāhmaṇasya svādhyāyapravacanādi | kṣatriyasya śauryādi | vaiśyasya kṛṣyādi | tattathaiva yathoktameva tathā'pi nityavṛttī nityaṃ vartete tau nityavṛttī dharmādharmau talliṅgaṃ bhajetām | ayaṃ bhāvaḥ kṣatraliṅgaṃ brāhmaṇavaiśyayorāpadi dharmaḥ anāpadyadharmaḥ tathā caikasyaiva liṅgasya varṇāntare avasthābhedāddharmatvamadharmatvaṃ ca nityamiti | tatrāpi viśeṣamāha- ādyamiti | ādyaṃ brāhmaṇaliṅgaṃ yājanādi yasyāsti brāhmaṇasya tasyaiva tat pramāṇamavyabhicāri āpadyapi kṣatriyeṇa yājanādhyāpanādikaṃ na kartavyamityarthaḥ | evaṃvidhaṃ tamāpaddharmaṃ śāstrānnibodha budhyasva ||