Vajrasūcī · Verses 41-53
ekavarṇamidaṃ pūrvaṃ viśvamāsīdyudhiṣṭhira /
karmakriyāviśeṣeṇa cāturvarṇyaṃ pratiṣṭhitam
sarve vai yonijā martyāḥ sarve mūtrapurīṣiṇaḥ /
ekendriyendriyārthāśca tasmācchīlaguṇairdvijāḥ
śūdro 'pi śīlasampannoguṇavān brāhmaṇo bhavet /
brāhmaṇo 'pi kriyāhīnaḥ śūdrātpratyavaro bhavet
pañcendriyārṇavaṃ ghoraṃ yadi śūdro 'pi tīrṇavān /
tasmai dānaṃ pradātavyamaprameyaṃ yudhiṣṭhira
na jātirdṛśyate rājan guṇāḥ kalyāṇakārakāḥ /
jīvitaṃ yasya dharmārthe parārthe yasya jīvitam /
ahorātraṃ caretkṣāntiṃ taṃ devā brāhmaṇaṃ viduḥ
parityajya gṛhāvāsaṃ ye sthitā mokṣakākṣiṇaḥ /
kāmeṣvasaktāḥ kaunteya brāhmaṇāste yudhiṣṭhira
ahiṃsānirmamatvaṃ cā matkṛtyasya varjanam /
rāgadveṣanivṛttiśca etad brāhmaṇalakṣaṇam
kṣamā dayā damo dānaṃ satyaṃ śaucaṃ smṛtirghṛṇā /
vidyā vijñānamāstikyametad brāhmaṇalakṣaṇam
gāyatrīmātra sāro 'pi varaṃ vipraḥ suyantritaḥ /
nāyantritaścaturvedī sarvāśī sarvavikrayī
ekarātroṣitasyāpi yā gatirbrahmacāriṇaḥ /
na tatkratusahasreṇa prāpnuvanti yudhiṣṭhira
pāragaṃ sarvavedānāṃ sarvatīrthābhiṣecanam /
muktaścarati yo dharmaṃ tameva brāhmaṇaṃ viduḥ
yadā na kurute pāpaṃ sarvabhūteṣu dāruṇam /
kāyena manasā vācā brahma sampadyate tadā
asmābhiruktaṃ yadidaṃ dvijānāṃ mohaṃ nihantuṃ hatabuddhiṃkānām /
gṛhmantu santo yadi yuktametanmuñcantvathāyuktamidaṃ yadi syāt
Original text: Vajrasūcī · Edition: Ramayana Prasad Dvivedi: Vajrasuchi. Varanasi : Chaukhamba Amarbharati Prakasan, 1985. · Data entry members of the Digital Sanskrit Buddhist Canon Input Project · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0