ఈ పుట ఆమోదించబడ్డది
తనదు తల్లి లంజె, తన యాలు మాదిగె,
శ్రీ పతికి గురువు వసిష్ఠుడ' రయ
తపము చేత ద్విజుడు! రర్కింప కులమె'ట్లు? వి. 234
జాతి వేరు లేక, జన్మ - క్రమంబున,
నెమ్మదిని నభవుని, నిల్పెనే'ని,
యఖిల జనులకె' ల్లనా' తడు ఘనుండయా. వి. 235
234. His mother was a prostitute, and his wife a Pariar; yet Vasishtha*[1] was the tutor to the noble Rama: by austerities he became a Bramin, but if you look to his caste, what is it like?
235. He is the truly excellent man, and superior to all the sects, who draws no invidious distinctions between the castes: by practising the rites ordained for his tribe he will fix the deity in his heart.
- ↑ * Urvasi, the courtezan, was his mother; Arundhati his wife.
