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31 Fa rego ef ot ray ea STATE | RFE ae are SAL ctf HOT REET AHA Gila FATT ati ST | afirstt SeHAT etter Tevet tte TART na jaca bralimano hoti na jacca hoti abrahmano, kammuna holi brahmayo peppiko ltoti kammund. kassako kammund loti sippiko hoti kamnuena, varsijo kammund hott peppiko hoti kammuna. One is nota brahmin by birth, nor is one a non-brahmin by birth. One is a brahmin by action and ‘one is @ peasant by action alone. One is a farmer by action, one is a soldier by action, one is a trader by action and one is a peasant by action (Sutta Nipata 1.7.21) Krsigauraksyavanijyart caisyakarma soabhdvajars, paricaryatmakatit karma sfidrasyapi soabhizoajant, Agriculture, animal husbandry and honest business - all these are natural activities of vaishyasy and serving others is the natural activity of shudras. (Bhagawad Gesta18 44) FAUT AEA aS AUT EFS ATA | ARES FHT GIS GE AS EAT | karnmntinit bambhayo hot kamu hot khattio, ‘paiseo kammuni hot sudo ha vai kammund, ‘One's actions make him a brahmin. One's actions make him a kshatriya. One's actions make hin ‘vaishya and it is only one’s actions that make one a shudra_ HST FHT Eifel A TM Erle ATIOT | SAET Feel elle EFA ails AEH nna jacea vasalo hoti na jacca hoti brahmayo, kammunda vasalo hoti kammuna hoti brahmayo. Not by birth is one of a Jow caste or a brahmin. One is low or high only based on one’s action. (Sutta Nipata 1.7.27) an ard aa: deen Ba ra aeaseraag Fra? Ae! Ae ATE: Ih janmana jayate éadrah canckarad doija ucyaté, vedapathadbhaved viprak bralima janati brahmanah. Everyone is a shudra al birth. He becomes ‘dvija' (twice bom) when he acquires moral-cultural values. He becomes a ‘vipra’ (spiritual aspirant) by studying the Vedas, and the one who attaingy the knowledge of Brahman becomes a brahmin. (Attismmti 141)

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