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
- brāhmaṇaḥ
- a brāhmaṇa
- janmanā
- by his birth
- śreyān
- the best
- sarveṣām
- of all
- prāṇinām
- living beings
- iha
- in this world
- tapasā
- by his austerity
- vidyayā
- by his learning
- tuṣṭyā
- by his satisfaction
- kim u
- what more, then
- mat
- upon Me
- kalayā
- with loving meditation
- yutaḥ
- endowed
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.