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Shatapatha Brahmana 3.1.1.10

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3.1.1.10

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3.1.1.10

sa vai na sarveṇeva saṃvadeta | devānvā eṣa upāvartate yo dīkṣate sa devatānāmeko bhavati na vai devā sarveṇeva saṃvadante brāhmaṇena vaiva rājanyena vā vaiśyena vā te hi yajñiyāstasmādyadyenaṃ śūdreṇa saṃvādo vindedeteṣāmevaikam brūyādimamiti vicakṣvemamiti vicakṣvetyeṣa u tatra dīkṣitasyopacāraḥ

Let him not commune with every one; for he who is consecrated draws nigh to the gods, and becomes one of the deities. Now the gods do not commune with every one, but only with a Brahman, or a. Râganya, or a Vaisya; for these are able to sacrifice. Should there be occasion for him to converse with a Sûdra, let him say to one of those, 'Tell this one so and so! tell this one so and so!'
This is the rule of conduct for the consecrated in such a case.

Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44)

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