Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions v1.c6.s3.12

v1.c6.s3.12

S'. P. Br. xiv. 4, 2, 23 (= Bṛihadāraṇyaka Upanishad, i. 4, 11 ff. (p. 235).—*Brahma vai idam agre āsīd ekam eva | tad ekaṁ san na vyabhavat | | tat śreyo rūpam aty asṛijata kshattraṁ yāny etāni devatrā kshattrāṇi Indro Varuṇaḥ Somo Rudraḥ Parjanyo Yamo Mṛityur Īśānaḥ iti | tasmāt kshattrāt paraṁ nāsti | tasmād brāhmaṇaḥ kshattriyād adhastād upāste rājasūye kshattre eva tad yaśo dadhāti | sā eshā kshattrasya yonir yad brahma | tasmād yadyapi rājā paramatāṁ gachhati brahma eva antataḥ upaniśrayati svāṁ yonim | yaḥ u ha enaṁ hinasti svāṁ sa yonim ṛichhati | sa pāpīyān bhavati yathā śreyāṁsam hiṁsitvā* | 24. *Sa na eva vyabhavat | | sa viśaṁ asṛijata yāny etāni deva-jātāni gaṇaśaḥ ākhyāyante vasavo rudrāḥ ādityāḥ viśvedevāḥ marutaḥ iti* | 25. *Sa na eva vyabhavat | | sa śaudraṁ varṇam asṛijata pūshanam | iyaṁ vai pūshā iyaṁ hi idaṁ sarvaṁ pushyati yad idaṁ kiñcha* | 26. *Sa na eva vyabhavat | tat śreyo rūpam aty asṛijata dharmam | tad etat kshattrasya kshattraṁ yad dharmaḥ | tasmād dharmāt paraṁ nāsti | atho abalīyān balīyāṁsam āśaṁśate dharmeṇa yathā rājnā evam | yo vai sa dharmaḥ satyaṁ vai tat | tasmāt satyaṁ vadantam āhur “dharmaṁ vadati” iti | dharmaṁ vā* *vadantam* "*satyam vadati*" *iti* | *etad hy eva etad ubhayam bhavati* | 27. *Tad etad brahma kshattrañ viṭ śūdraḥ* | *tad Agninā eva deveshu brahmābhavad brāhmaṇo manushyeshu kshattriyena kshattriyo vaiśyena vaiśyaḥ śūdreṇa śūdraḥ* | *tasmād Agnāv eva deveshu lokam ichhante brāhmaṇe manushyeshu* | *etābhyāñ hi rūpābhyām brahma abhavat* |