संस्कारा यत्राविच्छिन्ना: स द्विजोऽजो जगाद यम् । इज्याध्ययनदानानि विहितानि द्विजन्मनाम् । जन्मकर्मावदातानां क्रियाश्चाश्रमचोदिता: ॥ १३ ॥
samskara yatravicchinnah sa dvijo ’jo jagada yam ijyadhyayana-danani vihitani dvijanmanam janma-karmavadatanam kriyas casrama-coditah
- samskarah
- reformatory processes
- yatra
- wherein
- avicchinnah
- without interruption
- sah
- such a person
- dvi-jah
- twice-born
- ajah
- Lord Brahma
- jagada
- sanctioned
- yam
- who
- ijya
- worshiping
- adhyayana
- studies of the Vedas
- danani
- and charity
- vihitani
- prescribed
- dvi-janmanam
- of persons who are called twice-born
- janma
- by birth
- karma
- and activities
- avadatanam
- who are purified
- kriyah
- activities
- ca
- also
- asrama-coditah
- recommended for the four asramas.
Those who have been reformed by the garbhadhana ceremony and other prescribed reformatory methods, performed with Vedic mantras and without interruption, and who have been approved by Lord Brahma, are dvijas, or twice-born. Such brahmanas, ksatriyas and vaisyas, purified by their family traditions and by their behavior, should worship the Lord, study the Vedas and give charity. In this system, they should follow the principles of the four asramas (brahmacarya, grhastha, vanaprastha and sannyasa).