Varṇa-adhikāra, Karma, and the Protection of One’s Attained Spiritual Status (वर्णाधिकारः कर्म च स्वस्थानरक्षणम्)
ब्रह्मणत्वं हि दुष्प्राप्यं कृच्छ्रेण साध्यते नरैः । ब्राह्मण्यात्सकलं प्राप्य मोक्षश्चापि मुनीश्वर
brahmaṇatvaṃ hi duṣprāpyaṃ kṛcchreṇa sādhyate naraiḥ | brāhmaṇyātsakalaṃ prāpya mokṣaścāpi munīśvara
“Pois a condição de brāhmaṇa é, de fato, difícil de alcançar; os homens a realizam apenas com esforço árduo. Do brāhmaṇya—o estado e a disciplina do brāhmaṇa—tendo obtido tudo o que é digno, alcança-se também a libertação, ó senhor dos sábios.”
Not specified in the provided excerpt (context-dependent within Umāsaṃhitā 21)
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Role: liberating
The verse foregrounds attainability through effort (kṛcchreṇa sādhyate), suggesting an emphasis on cultivated discipline and spiritual-ethical formation (brāhmaṇya) rather than a purely hereditary status; however, Purāṇic passages can vary by context, and a full interpretation should consider the surrounding narrative and normative framework.