Varaha Purana 37.24: Adhyaya 37, Shloka 24
The Threefold Discipline (Mental, Physical, Verbal) and the Salvific Power of Hearing Nārāyaṇa’s Name
अहं जानामि वेदांश्च अहं वेद्मि शुभाशुभम् । ब्राह्मणे नैव मे कार्यं किं वस्तु ब्राह्मणा इति ॥ ३७.२४ ॥
ahaṃ jānāmi vedāṃś ca ahaṃ vedmi śubhāśubham | brāhmaṇe naiva me kāryaṃ kiṃ vastu brāhmaṇā iti || 37.24 ||
उसने कहा, मैं वेद जानता हूँ। मैं समझता हूँ क्या अच्छा है और क्या बुरा। ब्राह्मण से मेरा कोई काम नहीं। ब्राह्मण क्या चीज़ है यह भी मुझे समझ नहीं आता।
Varāha (default attribution within Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue framework; explicit speaker not stated in excerpt)
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It reflects a Purāṇic-era rhetorical posture where claims of scriptural knowledge are contrasted with dismissive attitudes toward social-religious authority, offering evidence for debates on status, learning, and conduct in Sanskrit ethical literature.
No geographic location is named in this verse fragment; the content is social-ethical and definitional rather than topographical.
The verse foregrounds a tension between professed knowledge (Vedas; auspicious/inauspicious discernment) and disregard for the brāhmaṇa as an authority or category, inviting evaluation of whether learning without humility or social recognition aligns with broader dharma discourse.
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