Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 50
न योनिर्नापि संस्कारो न श्रुतं न च संतति: । कारणानि द्विजत्वस्य वृत्तमेव तु कारणम्
na yonir nāpi saṁskāro na śrutaṁ na ca santatiḥ | kāraṇāni dvijatvasya vṛttam eva tu kāraṇam ||
Sabi ni Śrī Maheśvara: “Hindi ang kapanganakan, hindi ang mga saṃskāra, hindi ang pagkatuto sa Śruti (Veda), at hindi ang angkan ang tunay na sanhi ng pagiging dvija. Ang tunay na sanhi ay asal lamang.”
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
True ‘twice-born’ or Brahmin status is determined primarily by vṛtta (ethical conduct), not by birth (yoni), ritual sacraments (saṁskāra), Vedic learning (śruta), or lineage (santati).
In Anuśāsana Parva’s didactic setting, Śrī Maheśvara delivers a normative teaching on dharma, redefining social-spiritual qualification as a matter of character and behavior rather than inherited markers.