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iti . vedādivittvādevāśeṣadevatāśrayatayā prādhānyena viprāṇāmeva
devyarcanādāvadhikāraḥ . yāvatīrvai devatāstāḥ sarvā vedavidi brāhmaṇe vasantīti
śruteḥ . (sahavai0 19) saṃmānādinā brāhmaṇāḥ
kṣīyamāṇabrahmavarcasā bhavanti teṣāṃ ca paradevatāyā vidyājapādinā
punarāpyāyanaṃ bhavatīti
abhiprāyātsarvānandamayabinducakrasantarpaṇasyāvaśyakartavyatvāt .
taduktamāpastambasmṛtau-

[This concludes the citation]. Precisely because they know the Vedas and so forth, Brahmins primarily have competence (adhikāra) in worshipping the Goddess and so forth, as they are the locus of all deities. For scripture says: 'Whatever deities there are, they all dwell in a Brahmin who knows the Veda' (cf. Maitrāyaṇī Saṃhitā 1.4.6). Brahmins suffer diminished spiritual splendor (brahmavarcas) through honor and the like, and their replenishing occurs again through the recitation of the vidyā of the supreme deity and so forth; with this intention, the satisfaction of the bindu-cakra, which is composed of all bliss, must necessarily be performed. As it is stated in the Āpastambasmṛti: