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Forty-first Chapter
He who reads and teaches the Vedas and Vedangas, who touches the earth but is not touched by the faults of the earth, who attains the state of a god by his commendable qualities in this very life, whose power of becoming small (Aṇimā) is not smallness but greatness, whose power of becoming heavy (Garimā) is not lightness but heaviness, who possesses the divine qualities of attainment, pre-eminence, lordship, and control, whose glory is increasing by these qualities, who is becoming godlike and possesses a magnificent brilliance that transcends the world, such a glorious being is worshipped on earth. || 103-106 ||
By practicing truth, purity, forgiveness, and self-control, he cultivates within himself the praiseworthy qualities of a divine Brahmin, that is, he makes himself as good as a divine Brahmin by his excellent conduct. || 107 ||
If someone who considers himself a Brahmin, driven by the arrogance of his caste, were to say to this divine Brahmin, "Have you only just attained godhood today?" || 108 ||
"Are you not the son of so-and-so? And is your mother not the daughter of so-and-so? Because of this, you are arrogant and go about without honoring men like me." || 109 ||
"Although your caste is the same, your family is the same, and you are the same as you were this morning, you consider yourself to be godlike." || 110 ||
"Although you are skilled in the duties of gods, guests, ancestors, and fire, you are averse to bowing down to gurus, Brahmins, and gods." || 111 ||
"What special advantage have you gained by accepting Jain initiation? For you are still a human being, walking on the earth with your feet." || 112 ||
If someone were to reproach him in this way, filled with anger, he should reply with words full of reason, as follows: || 113 ||
"Listen, O Brahmin, hear about my divine birth. The Jina is our father, and knowledge is our immaculate womb." || 114 ||