ब्राह्मणा यतयः साक्षादितरे ब्राह्मणैः समाः । तस्मात् सर्वे पूजयेयुर्ब्रह्मज्ञान् ब्रह्मदीक्षितान् ॥ १५० ॥
brāhmaṇā yatayaḥ sākṣāditarē brāhmaṇaiḥ samāḥ | tasmāt sarvē pūjayēyurbrahmajñān brahmadīkṣitān || 150 ||
Translation
Brāhmaṇas among them are as renunciants, and the others are equal to brāhmaṇas. So all should honour those who know Brahman and are initiated into it.
Word by word
- brāhmaṇā
- brāhmaṇas
- yatayaḥ
- renunciants
- sākṣāditarē
- as such; the others
- brāhmaṇaiḥ
- with brāhmaṇas
- samāḥ
- equal
- tasmāt
- therefore
- sarvē
- all
- pūjayēyurbrahmajñān
- should honour the knowers of Brahman
- brahmadīkṣitān
- initiated into Brahman
Meaning
Yati is glossed as a wandering renunciant (parivrājaka); "the others" as kṣatriyas and the rest.