Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.86.53
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:The Supreme Lordsince 10.86.51inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit
ब्राह्मणो जन्मना श्रेयान् सर्वेषां प्राणिनामिह ।
तपसा विद्यया तुष्ट्या किमु मत्कलया युत: ॥ ५३ ॥
brāhmaṇo janmanā śreyān
sarveṣām prāṇinām iha
tapasā vidyayā tuṣṭyā
kim u mat-kalayā yutaḥ
Translation
By his very birth, a brāhmaṇa is the best of all living beings in this world, and he becomes even more exalted when he is endowed with austerity, learning and self-satisfaction, what to speak of devotion to Me.
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