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TATTVASANGRAHA: CHAPTER XXVI.
Under the third alternative also that of superiority being due to birth from Brahmana parents),-no pride is proper; because, as has been pointed out before, there is no difference between the body of the Brāhmaṇa male and female and that of the Shadra male and forale,-both consisting of the same unclean ingredients of Semen, Blood and so forth.-(3578)
Then again, the fact of your being born of a Brahmana Father is always open to doubt; hence there should be no pride on that score also.--This is pointed out in the following
TEXTS (3579-3580).
A VERY LONG TIME HAS ELAPSED AND WOMEN ARE VERY UNSTEADY; HENCE IT CANNOT BE CERTAIN IF THERE IS Brāhmana-hood IN YOU. For YOU, THERE IS NO ONE WHO IS COGNISANT OF SUPERSENSUOUS THINGS ; NOR HAS EVEN THE VEDA DECLARED THE PURITY OF YOUR GENEALOGY.-(3579.
3580)
COMMENTARY.
After the lapse of a long time, it is just possible that though not belonging to a Brahmana family, you may have become a Brāhmana.--Or even if your ancestors were Brähmaņas, your . . . . . ; so that it is possible that your birth may be defective. Because, as a rule ..... You do not admit that there is any man capable of perceiving supersensuous things,-through whom certainty on this point could be obtained. Nor lastly, does the Veda declare the purity of your genealogy.-(3579-3580)
Then again, it is not only for yourselves that it is not right to indulge in arrogance due to your Brahmana-hood, which is open to doubt; as regards Manu and other teachers also, as they could not know who were real Brāhmaṇas, the Teachings, if imparted to Brahmanas alone, must have been imparted under a delusion. This is pointed out in the following
TEXT (3581).
Txus, Manu AND OTHER TEACHERS, NOT KNOWING WHO WERE REAL Brahmanas, COULD NOT HAVE IMPARTED THE TEACHINGS TO Brahmanas ALONE: BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT BE
SURE OF IT.-(3581)
COMMENTARY Avijñāta' -Those who could not be sure of the Brāhmana-hood of any one.
