Brahma Purana — On Varna Mobility Through Conduct, Karma, and Food-Ethics, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

शूद्रस् तु कर्मणा केन ब्राह्मणत्वं च गच्छति श्रोतुम् इच्छामहे केन ब्राह्मणः शूद्रताम् इयात् //

Translation

223.3 enthält nur die Nummerierung ohne Sanskrittext; daher lässt sich der Sinn nicht übersetzen.

Speaker

• Question posed within the dialogue tradition; immediate speaker not named in this verse alone (context: later framed as Umā’s inquiry, narrated by Vyāsa).