Chandala - AncientVoice

Mbh.7.196.10892	The Pandavas are all condemning thee for this sinful act of thine, like Brahmanas condemning a person of the Chandala class.
Mbh.7.196.10934	Having thyself acted in such a way, like a Chandala, and having thyself become worthy of reproach, desirest thou to reproach me in such harsh words?
Mbh.12.137.7653	Some time after, a Chandala came into the forest and built a hut for himself.
Mbh.12.137.7659	While trustfully roving through the forest in search of food, the mouse after a little while saw the meat that the Chandala had spread there as lure.
Mbh.12.137.7816	When at last morning came, the Chandala, whose name was Parigha, appeared on the scene.
Mbh.12.137.7830	Indeed, O bull of Bharata's race, the Chandala returned to his abode.
Mbh.12.137.7996	Do thou also protect thy own life from the Chandala whose rage has been excited
Mbh.12.138.8115	Brahmadatta said, From the fact of two persons residing together, even if one inflicts upon the other deadly injury, an affection arises naturally between them, as also mutual trust as in the case, of the Chandala and the dog.
Mbh.12.140.8405	In this connection is cited the old story of the discourse between Viswamitra and the Chandala in a hamlet inhabited by Chandalas.
Mbh.12.140.8464	Having formed this resolution, the great sage Viswamitra laid himself down for sleep in that place where the Chandala was.
Mbh.12.140.8465	Seeing some time after that the night had advanced and that the whole Chandala hamlet had fallen asleep, the holy Viswamitra, quietly rising up, entered that hut.
Mbh.12.140.8466	The Chandala who owned it, with eyes covered with phlegm, was lying like one asleep.
Mbh.12.140.8468	The Chandala said, Who is there, engaged in undoing the latch?
Mbh.12.140.8469	The whole Chandala hamlet is asleep.
Mbh.12.140.8476	Hearing these words of that great Rishi of cleansed soul, the Chandala rose up in terror from his bed and approached the sage.
Mbh.12.140.8478	Conciliating the Chandala, Viswamitra said, I am exceedingly hungry and about to die of starvation.
Mbh.12.140.8495	Hearing these words of the great Rishi, the Chandala answered him, saying, Listen to me.
Mbh.12.140.8500	This was not wisely resolved by thee, therefore, O great Rishi, this act that is inconsistent with righteousness, this theft of what belongs to a Chandala, this theft, besides, of food that is unclean.
Mbh.12.140.8520	The Chandala said, By eating this food one like thee cannot obtain long life.
Mbh.12.140.8526	Besides, O Chandala, I have no wealth wherewith to buy food.
Mbh.12.140.8531	The Chandala said, Only the five kinds of five-clawed animals are clean food for Brahmanas and Kshatriyas and Vaisyas, as laid down in the scriptures.
Mbh.12.140.8537	The Chandala said, Do thou seek some other alms.
Mbh.12.140.8544	The Chandala said, That which is the act of an unrighteous person can never be regarded as an eternal practice.
Mbh.12.140.8550	The Chandala said, Solicited by the Brahmanas, the Rishi Agastya did that act.
Mbh.12.140.8559	The Chandala said, Men lay down their lives but they still do not set their hearts on food that is unclean.
Mbh.12.140.8567	The Chandala said, It is my settled conclusion that I should endeavour my best to restrain thee from this sin.
Mbh.12.140.8573	The Chandala said, I have become thy friend.
Mbh.12.140.8579	The Chandala said, I dare not make a present of this piece of meat to thee, nor can I quietly suffer thee to rob me of my own food.
Mbh.12.140.8584	The Chandala said: In discharging the duties that appertain to one's order or race, one's own self is the best judge of its propriety or impropriety.
Mbh.12.140.8590	The Chandala said, If this be thy reason for eating unclean food, it is then clear thou dost not regard the Veda and Arya morality.
Mbh.12.140.8595	The Chandala said, That learned person who takes away dog's meat from an unworthy place like this, from an unclean wretch like me, from one who like me leads such a wicked life, commits an act that is opposed to the behaviour of those that are called good.
Mbh.12.140.8597	Bhishma continued, The Chandala, having said these words unto Kusika's son, became silent.
Mbh.12.179.10845	The vilest man of the Pukkasa or the Chandala orders never wishes to cast off his life.
Mbh.12.238.14754	They that are possessed of wisdom look with an equal eye upon a Brahmana possessed of knowledge and disciples, a cow, an elephant, a dog, and a Chandala
Mbh.12.291.18252	The man of intelligence would never do an act that is sinful in character even if it leads to the greatest advantage, just as a person that is pure would never touch a Chandala
Mbh.12.297.18585	Of all births, the status of humanity is preferable even if one has to become a Chandala.
Mbh.13.3.257	Trisanku, the son of Ikshwaku, through the curse of Vasistha became a Chandala, and when abandoned by his friends, and remaining suspended with his head downwards in the lower regions, was translated to heaven at the pleasure of Viswamitra.
Mbh.13.3.270	Matanga was born as a Chandala and could not attain to Brahmanahoodwith all his austerities but how could this man attain to the status of a Brahmana
Mbh.13.27.3688	How dost thou know that I am a Chandala?
Mbh.13.27.3690	How, indeed, dost thou know that I am a Chandala?
Mbh.13.27.3694	Thou art, therefore, a Chandala by birth.
Mbh.13.27.3721	One born as a Chandala can never attain to that status which is regarded as the most sacred among the deities and Asuras and human beings
Mbh.13.28.3733	If born as human being, he is sure to take birth as a Pukkasa or a Chandala.
Mbh.13.28.3751	Knowing this for certain, O Matanga, I say unto thee, do thou name some other boon, for the status of a Brahmana is incapable of being attained by thee that hast been born as a Chandala'
Mbh.13.29.3758	Sakra said, One born on a Chandala cannot, by any means acquire the status of a Brahmana.
Mbh.13.40.4383	Sometimes armed with the thunderbolt and wearing a crown on his head, he adorns himself with ear-rings, in a moment he transforms himself into the shape and aspect of Chandala.
Mbh.13.47.4877	If a Brahmana, O Yudhishthira, led by lust, acts in a different way, he shall come to be regarded as a Chandala among Brahmanas
Mbh.13.48.4957	If a Sudra unites with a woman belonging to the foremost of the four orders, the son that is begotten is called a Chandala.
Mbh.13.48.4973	As an example of this it may be said that a Sudra begets upon a woman belonging to the most superior order a son that is outside the pale of the four orders for such a son comes to be regarded as a Chandala who is much inferior.
Mbh.13.48.4986	From the Chandala springs a race called Swapaka whose occupation consists in keeping guard over the dead.
Mbh.13.48.4998	From the Chandala again springs up the caste known by the name of Pandusaupaka whose occupation consists in making baskets and other things with cleft bamboos.
Mbh.13.48.5000	The Chandala begets upon a Saupaka woman, a son that does not differ from the Chandala in status or occupation.
Mbh.13.48.5001	A Nishada woman, by union with a Chandala, brings forth a son who lives in the outskirts of villages and towns.
Mbh.13.49.5067	The son that a Sudra begets upon a Brahmana woman is called a Chandala.
Mbh.13.63.6108	A gift of food made unto even a Chandala or a dog is never lost.
Mbh.13.91.8195	From the place where the Sraddha is being performed, the Chandala and the Swapacha should be excluded, as also all who wear clothes steeped in yellow, and persons affected with leprosy, or one who has been excasted for transgressions, or one who is guilty of Brahmanicide, or a Brahmana of mixed descent or one who is the relative of an excasted man.
Mbh.13.101.9008	Bhishma said, I shall, in this connection, O Bharata, recite to thee the old narrative of a conversation between a Chandala and a low Kshatriya
Mbh.13.101.9009	The person of the royal order said, Thou seemest, O Chandala, to be old in years, but thy conduct seems to be like that of a boy!
Mbh.13.101.9011	It is plain that such acts as are censured by the pious are ordained for the Chandala.
Mbh.13.101.9013	The Chandala said, Formerly, O king, certain kine belonging to Brahmana were stolen.
Mbh.13.101.9021	Having taken that food, O thou of the royal order, I have, in this life, become a Chandala.
Mbh.13.101.9049	O foremost of men, by what means shall I succeed in getting rid of my status as a Chandala'
Mbh.13.101.9050	The person of the royal order said, Know, O Chandala, the means by which thou mayst be able to attain to emancipation.
Mbh.13.101.9054	Bhishma continued, Thus addressed, that Chandala, O scorcher of foes, poured his life-breaths as a libation on the fire of battle for the sake of protecting a Brahmana's wealth and as the consequence of that act attained to a very desirable end.
Mbh.13.118.10529	He had, before becoming a Kshatriya, to pass through diverse orders of being, such as hedgehog and Iguana and boar and deer and bird, and Chandala and Sudra and Vaisya.
Mbh.14.55.2458	The intelligent Rishi then beheld in that desert a naked hunter of the Chandala class, all besmeared with dirt, surrounded by a pack of dogs.
Mbh.14.55.2484	Thou, however, didst disregard him and send him away, seeing that the illustrious one had put on the guise of a Chandala.
Mbh.18.6.464	He that listens with devotion to this Bharata from the beginning becomes cleansed of every sin even if he be guilty of Brahmanicide or the violation of his preceptors bed, or even if he be a drinker of alcohol or a robber of other peoples wares, or even if he be born in the Chandala order.

Jijith Nadumuri Ravi
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Reference:- Mahabharata of Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa, translated to English by Kisari Mohan Ganguli; Source of Plain Text: www.sacred-texts.com; Wikified at AncientVoice.

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