chinna sūtraṁ parākrāmma bhavaṁ praṇuda brāhmaṇa । saṁkhārāṇāṁ khayaṁ ñāttā akathaso si brāhmaṇa ।।Strive and cut off the thread, remove continuity, brahmin, knowing the destruction of the conditioned, you are … brahmin

yamhi dhammaṁ vijāneyā vṛddhamhi daharamhi vā । sakkacca naṁ namasseyā aggihotraṁ va brāhmaṇo ।।That one from whom one learned Dhamma, whether old or young, with respect bow down to him, like a brahmin bows at fire-sacrifice.

yamhi dhammaṁ vijāneyā sammasaṁbuddhadeśitaṁ । tam eva apacāyeyā aggihotraṁ va brāhmaṇo ।।That one from whom one learned Dhamma taught by the Perfect Sambuddha, you should honor him, like a brahmin honors the fire-sacrifice.

na jaṭāhi na gotreṇa na jāccā hoti brāhmaṇo । yo tu bāhati pāpāni aṇutthūlāni sabbaśo ।।Not because of matted hair, family or birth is one a true brahmin, he who wards off wickedness, small or great, in every way, bāhanā eva pāpānāṁ brahmaṇo ti pravuccati ।through warding off wickedness, he is called a brahmin.

vārī pukkharapatte vā ārāgre-r-iva sāsavo ।। yo na lippati kāmesu tam ahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇaṁ ।Like water on the lotus leaf, like a mustard seed on a needle, he who is unsmeared by desires, that one I say is a brahmin.

udayaṁ tapati ādicco ratrim ābhāti candramā ।। sannaddho khattiyo tapati jhāyiṁ tapati brāhmaṇo ।।The sun is radiant when it rises, the moon shines by night, the accoutred noble is radiant, the meditating brahmin is radiant, atha sabbe ahorātte buddho tapati tejasā ।।yet during every day and night the Buddha is radiant through his power.

yassa pāram apāram vā pārāpāraṁ na vijjati । vītajjaraṁ visaṁyuttaṁ tam ahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇaṁ ।।For whom the near shore, the far shore or both do not exist, free of fever, detached, that one I say is a brahmin.

yadā dayesu dhammesu pāragū hoti brāhmaṇo । athassa sabbe saṁyogā atthaṁ gacchanti jānato ।।When a brahmin has, through two things, crossed over, then, for one who knows, all the fetters are laid to rest.

sa khu so khīṇasaṁyogo khīṇamānapunabbhavo । saṁghāvasevī dhammaṭṭho saṁghaṁ na upeti vedagū ।।He who destroyed the fetter, destroyed conceit and continued existence, living in the Community, standing by Dhamma, the knowing one does not approach society.

akakkaśiṁ vinnapaṇiṁ girāṁ saccam udīraye । tāya nābhiṣape kaṁci tam ahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇaṁ ।।Whoever should speak a word of truth that is informed and is not coarse, through which no one would be cursed, that one I say is a brahmin.

asaṁsaṭṭhaṁ gṛhaṭṭhehi anagārehi cūbhayaṁ । anokasāriṁ appicchaṁ tam ahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇaṁ ।।Whoever doesn’t mix with either householders or the houseless, wandering homeless, with few desires, that one I say is a brahmin.

yassa kāyena vācāya manasā nāsti dukkataṁ । saṁvṛtaṁ trisu ṭṭhāṇesu tam ahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇaṁ ।।For whom there is no wrong-doing bodily, verbally or mentally, being restrained in these three things, that one I say is a brahmin.

mā brāhmaṇassa prahare nāssa mucceya brāhmaṇo । dhī brāhmaṇassa hantāraṁ ya ssa vā su na muccati ।।A brahmin should not hit a brahmin, nor should he abandon him, woe to the one who strikes a brahmin, and to the one who does not abandon him.

mātaraṁ paṭhamaṁ hantā rājānaṁ do ca khattiye । rāṣṭaṁ sānucaraṁ hantā anigho carati brāhmaṇo ।।Destroying mother first, and then two noble kings, destroying a kingdom and its followers, the brahmin lives untroubled.

gambhīrapraṁñaṁ medhāviṁ māggā ’māggassa kovidaṁ । uttamāttham anuprāttaṁ tam ahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇaṁ ।।The deeply wise sagacious one, skilled in what is path and not path, who has reached the ultimate good, that one I say is a brahmin.

jhāyiṁ virajam āsīnaṁ katakiccaṁ anāsavaṁ । uttamātthaṁ anuprāttaṁ tam ahaṁ brūmi brāhmaṇaṁ ।।The meditator sitting down, the one who is dustless, who has done his duty, without pollutants, who has reached the ultimate good, that one I say is a brahmin.

BrāhmaṇavarggaḥThe Chapter about Brahmins