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Vajrasuchika Upanishad: Verse 6

तर्हि ज्ञानं ब्राह्मण इति चेत् तन्न। क्षत्रियादयोऽपि परमार्थदर्शिनोऽभिज्ञा बहवः सन्ति। तस्मात् न ज्ञानं ब्राह्मण इति॥६॥

तर्हि । ज्ञानम् । ब्राह्मणः । इति । चेत् । तत् । न । क्षत्रिय-आदयः । अपि । परमार्थ-दर्शिनः । अभिज्ञाः । बहवः । सन्ति । तस्मात् । न । ज्ञानम् । ब्राह्मणः । इति ॥६॥

Recitation with translationVajrasuchika Upanishad 6

tarhi jñānaṃ brāhmaṇa iti cet tan na | kṣatriyādayo'pi paramārthadarśino'bhijñā bahavaḥ santi | tasmāt na jñānaṃ brāhmaṇa iti ||6||

अगर कोई कहे कि ज्ञान से ब्राह्मण बनता है, तो यह भी गलत है। क्षत्रिय और दूसरी जाति में भी बहुत लोग हैं जो सच्चाई को समझते हैं। इसलिए सिर्फ ज्ञान से कोई ब्राह्मण नहीं बनता।

If it be said, “then knowledge is the Brāhmaṇa,”—that is not so. For Kṣatriyas and others also are many who are knowers, seers of the highest reality. Therefore, knowledge is not the Brāhmaṇa.

Non-exclusivity of Brahma-jñāna; distinction between knowledge and social designationMahavakya: Affirms the universality implied by Mahāvākyas: realization of identity with Brahman is not confined to a social group; it is available wherever ‘tat tvam asi’ is understood.AtharvaChandas: Prose

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