"A shudra who is ever engaged in self-control, truth and righteousness, I regard him a brahmin. One is a twice-born by conduct alone."
— Shudra

January 1, 1970

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(Mahabharata, Vana Parva, Ch 216.14-15) quoted in Rajiv Malhotra_ Vijaya Viswanathan - Varna, Jati, Caste_ A Primer on Indian Social Structures-Infinity Foundation (2023)