Vajrasucika Upanishad #2

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Dear Bhagavatars here is part 2 of the Vajra suchika Upanishad

 

Then is the body the Brahmin? No, it is not so, because the body which is

composed of the five elements, is the same in all classes of human beings

down to the chandalas (outcastes), etc. And it is also observed that old

age and death, virtue [dharma] and vice [adharma] are found to be common to

all human beings. There is also no absolute distinction (in the complexion

of the four classes) that the Brahmin is of the white complexion, that the

Kshatriya is of the red complexion, that the Vaishya is of the tawny

complexion, that the Sudra is of the dark complexion. [if the body is the

brahmin] the sons and other kinsmen would becoming guilty of the murder of a

Brahmin and other (sins) on cremating the bodies of their fathers and other

kinsmen. Therefore the body is not the Brahmin.

 

Then is it birth that makes a Brahmin? No, it is not so, for many great

rishis have sprung from other castes and orders of creation. We have heared

that Rishyasrnga was born of a deer, Kaushika of Kusha grass, Jambuka from

a jackal, Valmiki from an ant-hill, Vyasa from a fisher girl, Gautama from

the back of a hare, Vasistha from Urvashi (the celestial nymph), Agastya

from an earthen jar. Among these, many rishis outside of the caste-system

have been accounted as the foremost among the teachers of the Divine Wisdom.

Therefore birth does not (make) a Brahmin.

 

Then is it knowledge that makes a Brahmin? No, it is not so, because among

Kshatriyas and others there are many who have attained cognition of divine

truth. Therefore knowledge does not make a Brahmin.

 

Then do actions (karma) make a Brahmin? No, it is not so, since the

prarabdha karma which gives rise to the present birth, sanchita (accrued)

karma, and agami karma ‹ commenced in the present lifetime which will

fuctify in a future embodiment is common to all mankind; and that people

perform works impelled by their past karma. Therefore actions do not make a

Brahmin.

 

Then does the performance of religious duties (dharma) make a Brahmin? No,

it is not so; for there have been many Kshatriyas and others who have given

away gold [in charity]. Therefore the performer of religious duties is not

the Brahmin.

 

 

Adiyen Sri Rama