[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.saletore-1934) › v2.c19.s2.t2.65 # Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v2.c19.s2.t2.65 Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v2.c19.s2.t2.65 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s2.t2.65](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.saletore-1934.v2.c19.s2.t2.65) It is not surprising, therefore, that a strong feeling against the Brahmans should have been felt in the land, as is evident not only from the shrewd hints which even foreign travellers were compelled to make but also from the tirades which the poets, as preachers of morality, levelled against the members of the Brahman community.¹ This anti-Brahman feeling gathered strength with the decline of Vijayanagara as a potent factor in the history of the country; and poets and writers, like Vēmana and Dhūrjaṭi, voiced the sentiments of the people in the following words: "His forehead (i.e., of a Brahman with the caste-marks) is that of a worshipper; his mouth, that of a wolf; and his heart that of a roaming demon: is he so shameless as to say he has learnt of the divinity? If a man still has in his heart the principles of a pariar, and yet scorns pariars, how should he become twice-born, while devoid of every good quality? There is no sin greater than that of falsehood : this is an abomination perpetually in the mouth : what vagabonds are several who call themselves twice-born? The lords of the earth (i.e., Brahmans) say, 'we are pure; we are learned in the scriptures', they scorn all who are in their natural state. Truly the poorest palmer is better than such boasters!"² Then again : - [Previous: v2.c19.s2.t2.64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.saletore-1934.v2.c19.s2.t2.64) - [Next: v2.c19.s2.t2.66](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.saletore-1934.v2.c19.s2.t2.66) - [Up: v2.c19.s2.t2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.saletore-1934.v2.c19.s2.t2) ## Linked texts (1) - [Haṃsaviṃśati](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.telugu.uttaraprabandha.hamsavimsati) — Telugu --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.saletore-1934.v2.c19.s2.t2.65](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.saletore-1934.v2.c19.s2.t2.65) · Pramāṇa