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91. One occupation
only the lord prescribed to the Sudra, to serve meekly even these
(other) three castes.
92. Man is stated to
be purer above the navel (than below); hence the Self existent (Svayambhu)
has declared the purest (part) of him (to be) his mouth.
93. As the Brahmana
sprang from (Brahman's) mouth, as he was the first-born, and as he
possesses the Veda, he is by right the lord of this whole
creation.
94. For the
Self-existent (Svayambhu), having performed austerities, produced him
first from his own mouth, in order that the fairings might be conveyed
to the gods and manes and that this universe might be preserved.
95. What created
being can surpass him, through whose mouth the gods continually
consume the sacrificial viands and the manes the fairings to the
dead?
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