Brāhmaṇas

Give the sacrificial fee to the brāhmaṇas;

of those rites the brahman is lord of the shaving, and no other.

By means of you, O Agni, may we Brāhmaṇas who drink Soma prosper, and also she who does not give birth.

therefore, its sound is impure.

When the sound of the Samaveda is heard, one should never study the Rigveda or the Yajurveda;

208[198M] // Having seated those unexceptionable Brāhmaṇas on their seats, one should honor them with fragrant perfumes and garlands, beginning with the rite for the gods.

The kṣatriyas were guided by the brāhmaṇas;

In Ayodhyā there was no brāhmaṇa who had not established the sacred fires, none who had not performed sacrifice, none who had not given thousands in gifts — and none who had allowed inter-caste confusion.

That city was surrounded by the foremost of the twice-born — maintainers of the sacred fire, men of virtuous excellence, masters of the six auxiliary sciences of the Veda, givers of thousands in gifts, devoted to truth, great souls equal to great seers, and by seers who were pure ascetics alone.

Brāhmaṇas, fathers, Soma-drinkers — may Heaven and Earth be auspicious and unharming to us;

The Brāhmaṇas, Soma-drinkers, have raised their voice, performing the annual prayer.

Lying still for a year like Brāhmaṇas observing their vow, the frogs have raised their voice set in motion by Parjanya.

Or, any ordeal may be applied to all, but avoiding poison for the best of the twice-born (Brāhmaṇa).

The established custom of learned Brāhmaṇas, cities, guilds, assemblies, and citizens—a document made to validate this would be a document of convention.

When a document is thus challenged in the king's court where it is being adjudicated, he should determine the defects of the document after deliberating with Brāhmaṇas.

Or one for each rite.

In animal-*śrāddhas*, with the middle group of five.

He shall not eat during an eclipse affecting cows or Brāhmaṇas.

and those of wicked deeds—these are condemned.

", he should pour the Arghya offering into their hands;

what is bestowed upon Brāhmaṇas is an inexhaustible treasure for kings.

The highest and the lowest occupations are not for them.

But even in severe calamities, usury is not for a Brāhmaṇa.

The specific wealth of a Brāhmaṇa is known to be of three kinds:

During the worship of Brāhmaṇas, purity of the limbs is achieved.

The connection of kinship is severed with the fifth person in one's own line.

A Brāhmaṇa who is a newcomer and of good vows is as special as a newcomer *atithi*.

Among humans, none is more excellent than a Brāhmaṇa.

if a Brāhmaṇa, a sage, a Śaiva or Sogata priest does so, their lineage is lost in the eyes of their peers.

[Slo_01s-ab] brāhmaṇo vā manuṣyāṇām ādityo vāpi tejasām | [Slo_01s-cd] śiro vā sarvagātreṣu dharmeṣu satyam uttamam || 1 ||

] And the human is of one kind, [ranging] from the brāhmaṇa down to the caṇḍāla.

*The god of the twice-born is in the waters;

The twice-born is absorbed in his own liṅga.

The class of *brāhmaṇas* says the Lord's authority is in holy water.