Shudras
Created by Jijith Nadumuri at 06 Mar 2010 03:44 and updated at 06 Mar 2010 03:44
Mahabharata: 18 Parvas
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Mbh.8.32.1508 | He created the Vaishyas from his thighs and the Shudras from his feet. |
Mbh.8.32.1513 | Shudras have been ordained to be the servants of the brahmanas, the kshatriyas, and the vaishyas. |
Mbh.8.44.2388 | The gods, the pitris, and the brahmanas, never accept gifts from those that are fallen, or those that are begotten by Shudras on the girls of other castes, or the Vahikas who never perform sacrifices and are exceedingly irreligious' |
Mbh.8.44.2407 | They are all fallen and many amongst them have been begotten by Shudras upon other peoples' girls. |
Mbh.8.45.2443 | When even in the krita age, Brahman had censured the practices of those fallen people of evil deeds who were begotten by Shudras on others' wives, what would you now say to men in the world? |
Mbh.8.45.2458 | The Pancalas observe the duties enjoined in the Vedas; the Kauravas observe truth; the Matsyas and the Surasenas perform sacrifices, the Easterners follow the practices of the Shudras; the Southerners are fallen; the Vahikas are thieves; the Saurashtras are bastards. |
Mbh.8.45.2489 | Brahmanas may be found everywhere; Kshatriyas may be found everywhere; so also Vaishyas and Shudras, O Karna, women of chastity and excellent vows may also be found everywhere. |
Mbh.8.96.6166 | A Brahmana, by reading it, would obtain the fruit of having studied the Vedas; a Kshatriya obtains strength and victory in battle; Vaishyas would obtain immense wealth, and Shudras would obtain health and freedom from disease. |
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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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