Shiva Purana

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॥ ब्रह्मोवाच ॥ ज्ञातारश्च भवन्तो वै कुर्वते गर्हितं द्विजाः ॥ अज्ञातारो यदा कुर्युः किं पुनः कथ्यते पुनः ॥ २५ ॥

sanskrit

Brahmā said:— O brahmins, you though wise do such despicable things. Then why complain against the ignorant who act likewise?

english translation

॥ brahmovAca ॥ jJAtArazca bhavanto vai kurvate garhitaM dvijAH ॥ ajJAtAro yadA kuryuH kiM punaH kathyate punaH ॥ 25 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/kotirudra-samhita/12/25

॥ ब्रह्मोवाच ॥ ज्ञातारश्च भवन्तो वै कुर्वते गर्हितं द्विजाः ॥ अज्ञातारो यदा कुर्युः किं पुनः कथ्यते पुनः ॥ २५ ॥

sanskrit

Brahmā said:— O brahmins, you though wise do such despicable things. Then why complain against the ignorant who act likewise?

english translation

॥ brahmovAca ॥ jJAtArazca bhavanto vai kurvate garhitaM dvijAH ॥ ajJAtAro yadA kuryuH kiM punaH kathyate punaH ॥ 25 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript