Shambara - The Dravidian King It Took The Aryans 40 Years To Defeat!

 

Disclaimer: Some facts and figures might have been exaggerated, others downplayed and few might have been mythologized. Please keep in mind the poet's bias while reading the following verses from Rig Veda.

Shambara was one of the mighty kings of the black skinned people who lived in India before the arrival of Indo-Aryans. He's said to have lived in the mountains, and it's claimed by Rig Veda that it took 40 years for the Indo-Aryans to conquer his territory.

According to a paper, Shambara was a Munda / proto-Munda king and the mountain has been identified as Marang Buru (Parasnath) Mountain

in present day Giridih district, Jharkhand, India.

Let's go ahead and enjoy the verses!

 Rig Veda 6.31.4

You have destroyed the 100 impregnable cities of the Dasyu, Shambara, when sagacious Indra, you, who are brought by the libation, have bestowed in your liberality riches upon Divodasa presenting to you libations, and upon Bharadvaja hymning your praise.

Commentary by Sayanacharya: Dasyu, Shambara: Shambara is an Asura. Dasyu and Asura appear to be synonymous.

 

Rig Veda 4.16.13

You have subjugated Pipru and the mighty Mrigaya for the sake of Rijishvan, the son of Vidathin, you have slain the fifty thousand Krishnas (black people); and, as old age (destroys) life, you have demolished the cities (of Shambara).

Commentary by Sayanacharya: Mrigaya = name of an asura; Vidathin = a raja; fifty thousand Krishnas = Rakshasas of a black colour, Krishna Varnani Rakshasamsi.

 

Rig Veda 6.47.2

The savoury Soma, drunk on this occasion, has been most exhilarating; by drinking of it Indra has been elevated to the slaying of Vritra, and he had destroyed the numerous hosts of Shambara and the 99 cities.

 

Rig Veda 2.12.11

He, who discovered Shambara dwelling in the mountains for 40 years; who slew Ahi, growing in strength, and the sleeping son of Danu; he, men, is Indra.

 

Rig Veda 8.96.16

As soon as you were born, Indra, you were an enemy to those seven who had no enemy; you recovered the heavens and earth when concealed (in darkness); you cause joy to the mighty worlds.

Commentary by Sayanacharya: Thoses even who had no enemy: Krishna, Vritra, Namuchi, Shambara etc.; or, you were an enemy to those who had no enemy, on behalf of the seven sages (the Angirasas). i.e., inorder to recover their cows.

 

Rig Veda 6.18.13

That exploit is celebrated in the present day (which you have) achieved for Kutsa, for Ayu, for Atithigvave; to him you have given many thousands (of riches), and you have quickly elevated Turvayana over the earth by your power.

Commentary by Sayanacharya: Turvayana: same as Divodasa, to whom Indra gave the spoils of Shambara.

 

Rig Veda 3.47.4

They who encouraged you, Maghavan, to slay Ahi, who (aided you) in the conflict with Shambara, and in the recovery of the cattle, and who, possessed of wisdom, contribute verily to your exhilaration, with them, the troop of the Maruts, do you Indra, drink the Soma.

 

Rig Veda 5.29.6

Whereupon Maghavan has destroyed with his thunderbolt at once his (Shambara's) ninety and nine cities; the Maruts glorifying Indra in a common dwelling with the Triṣṭubh hymn, he destroyed the bright (city of the asura).

 

Rig Veda 6.26.3

You have animated the sage with (the hope of) obtaining food; you have cut to pieces Shushna for Kutsa, the donor of the oblation; you have struck off the head (of Shambara), imagining himself invulnerable, intending to give plural asure to Atithigvan.

 

Rig Veda 2.19.6

The radiant Indra subjected to Kutsa, his charioteer, (the asuras), Shushna, Ashusha, and Kuyava; and, for the sake of Divodasa, demolished the 99 cities of Shambara.

Commentary by Sayanacharya: Ashusha, he who is not to be dried up; perhaps, an epithet of Shushna, an Asura.

 

Rig Veda 8.97.14

Indra, mightiest Shakra, you know how to destroy those cities (of Shambara) by your strength at you allworlds tremble, thunderer - heaven and earth (tremble) with fear.

 

Rig Veda 1.103.8

Inasmuch, Indra, as you have slain Shushna, Pipru, Kuyava and Vritra, and destroyed the cities of Shambara, therefore may Mitra, Varuṇa, Aditi - ocean, earth, and heaven, grant us that (which we desire).

 

Rig Veda 7.99.5

Indra and Vishnu, you have demolished the 99 strong cities of Shambara; you have slain atonce, without resistance, the 100 thousand heroes of the Asura Varcin.

 

Rig Veda 1.112.14

With those aids by which you defended the mighty and hospitable Divodasa, (when, having undertaken) the death of Shambara, he hid himself in the water (through fear of the asuras); by which you protected Trasadasyu in war; with them, Ashvins, come willingly hither.

Commentary by Sayanacharya: Divodasa was a king; he is called atithigva, the cherisher of guests (atithi); Trasadasyu was the son of Purukutsa.

 

Rig Veda 2.14.6

Priests, present the Soma to him who, with the adamantine (thuderbolt), demolished the 100 ancient cities of Shambara, and cast down the hundred thousand (descendants) of Varcin.

Commentary by Sayanacharya: Varcin, an asura who reviled Indra and was consequently destroyed, with all his children and dependants.

 

Rig Veda 4.26.3

Exhilarated (by the Soma beverage) I have destroyed the 99 cities of Shambara, the hundredth I gave to be occupied by Divodasa when I protected him, Atithigva, at his sacrifice.

 

Rig Veda 1.54.6

You have protected Narya, Turvasha, Yadu and Turviti, of the face of Vayya; you have protected their chariots and horses in the unavoidable engagement; you have demolished ninety-nine cities (of Shambara).

Commentary by Sayanacharya: Turvasha may be Turvasu, son of Yayati, since another son of Yayati, Yadu is also named. Turviti is a Rishi.

 

Rig Veda 1.59.6

I extol the greatness of that showerer of rain whom men celebrate as the slayer of Vritra; the Agni, Vaishvanara, slew the stealer (of the waters) and sent them down (upon earth), and clove the (obstructing) cloud.

 

Rig Veda 6.47.22

Prastoka has given to your worshipper, Indra, ten purses of gold, and ten horses, and we have accepted this treasure from Divodasa, the spoil won by Atithigva from Shambara.

 

Rig Veda 6.26.5

Indra, who are the subduer (of foes), you have achieved a glorious (deed), inasmuch as you have scatered, hero, the hundreds and thousands (of the host of Shambara), have slain the Dasyu Shambara (when issuing) from the mountain, and have protected Divodasa with marvellous protections.

 

Rig Veda 1.101.2

We invoke to be our friend, Indra, who is attended by the Maruts; he who, with increasing wrath, slew the mutilated Vritra and Shambara, and the unrighteous Pipru, and who extirpated the unabsorbable Shushna.

Commentary by Sayanacharya: Shambara and Pipru are Asuras; Pipru = avratam, not performing or opposing vratas, religious rites; ashusham shushnam = the dryer up, i.e. who cannot be absorbed.

 

Rig Veda 6.47.21

Indra, becoming manifest from his abode (in the firmament), dissipates, day by day, the resembling glooms, (so that he may distinguish) the other portion, (or the day); and the showerer has slain the two wealth-seeking Dasas, Varcin and Shambara, in (the country of) Udavraja.

 

Rig Veda 1.130.7

For Pur, the giver of offerings, for the mighty Divodasa, you, Indra, the dancer (with delight in battle), have destroyed 90 cities; dancer (in battle), you have destroyed them with (your thunderbolt), for (the sake of) the giver of offerings. For (the sake of) Atithigva, the fierce (indra) hurled Shambara from off the mountain bestowing (uon the prince) immense treasure, (acquired) by (his) prowess; all kinds of wealth (acquired) by (his) prowess.

 

Rig Veda 6.18.8

He who is never perplexed, who is no engenderer of that which is in vain, whose name is renowned, who promptly (exerts himself) for the overturning of the cities (of the asuras), and for the destruction (of his foes); you, (Indra), have indeed slain Cumuri, Dhuni, Pipru, Shambara, and Shushna.

 

Rig Veda 1.51.6

You have defended Kutsa in fatal fights with Shushna; you have destroyed Shambara in defence of Atithigva; you have trodden with your foot upon the great Arbuda; from remote times were you born for the destruction of oppressors.

Commentary by Sayanacharya: Shushna, Shambara and Arbuda are asuras. Kutsa is a Rishi; Atithigva = hospitable, Divodasa.

 

Rig Veda 9.61.2

(Which overturned) the cities in a moment, and for the sake of the devout Divodasa (subdued) Shambara, and then that Turvasha and Yadu.

 

Rig Veda 4.30.14

You have slain the Dasa Shambara, the son Kulitara hurling him off the huge mountain.

 

Rig Veda 1.54.4

You have shaken the summit of the spacious heaven; you have slain Shambara by your resolute self; you have hurled with exulting and determined mind the sharp and bright-rayed thunderbolt against assembled Asuras.

 

Rig Veda 7.18.20

Your favours, Indra, and your bounties, whether old or new, cannot be counted like the (recurring) dawn; you have slain Devaka, the son of Manyamana, and of thine own will, has cast down Shambara from thevast (mountain).

 

Rig Veda 6.43.1

This Soma, in the exhilaration of which it is known that you had subdued Shambara for (the sake of) Divodasa, is poured out, Indra, for you; drink.

 

Casteism and racism in India is much deeper than we think it is

Now it makes sense why Brahmins and their braindead parrots deny Aryan migration, despite overwhelming amount of evidence confirming it

 

How As A Shudra, You Can Become A Brahmin (Spoiler: You Can't)

 

These days, this particular verse is very popular among Hindu apologists (and their parrots). And it's quoted out of context (obviously), which makes it's extremely misleading. It's funny to see Hindu apologists resenting Muslims and ironically using the same techniques as Muslim apologists (deception, changing the meaning of verse, quoting it out of context). Anyways, let's get to the topic.

 

Manu 10.65

The Shudra attains the position of the Brahmin and the Brahmin sinks to the position of the Shudra. The same should be understood to be the case with the offspring of the Kshatriya or of the Vaishya.

The immediate previous verse, Manu Smriti 10.64 says the following -

Manu 10.64

If the child born from a Shudra woman to a Brahmin goes on being wedded to a superior person — the inferior attains the superior caste, within the seventh generation.

Explanation: If the daughter of a Shudra female from a Brahmin and all their female descendants marry Brahmins, the offspring of the sixth female descendant of the original couple will become a Brahmin. Simarly, the children of Brahmin females will become Shudra if they marry Shudra males and keep repeating the procedure for 7 generations.

 

Conclusion: You, the Shudra can never become a Brahmin yourself. But you can console yourself with the fact that your maternal great grandchildren could (If your daughter, her daugher and subsequent daughters in the lineage upto 7th generation, all agree to sign up for the pain, that is).

You would be dead anyways. You could enjoy the show from the heaven (or hell, since it is more likely for sinful Shudras) though. I leave it to your wisdom to decide how practical this scheme is and whether you want your daughters to sign up for it.

And if you belong to a Varnasankar Jati (Mixed Caste) like Kayastha, Yadav, Kurmi etc., you shouldn't even bother. Go home and sleep.

Sati Is A 101% Pure Hindu Practice, Not A "Cultural" Thing - Sati In Hindu Scriptures

 

Dharmashastras

Parashar 4.28 - A widow, who immolates herself on the same funeral pile with her deceased husband, resides in heaven for ten millions of years, which is the number of hairs on the human body.

Brihaspati 24.11 - A wife is considered half the body (of her husband), equally sharing the result of his good or wicked deeds; whether she ascends the pile after him, or chooses to survive him leading a virtuous life, she promotes the welfare of her husband.

Vishnu 25.14 - After the death of her husband, to preserve her chastity, or to ascend the pile after him.

Atri 1.209 - The woman, who falls down from the funeral pyre, [of her husband], or who gets no menses on account of a disease, becomes purified by a Prajapatya and feeding ten Brahmanas.

Daksha 4.19 - A woman, who, after the demise of her husband, ascends the funeral pyre, becomes of good conduct and lives gloriously in the celestial region.

 

Itihasas

Ramayan 2.66.12 - Kaushalya: "Today itself, I too in devotion to my husband, will meet my appointed end. I shall enter the fire, duly embracing this body of my husband."

Mahabharat 16.7.24 - 26 - The four wives of that heroic son of Sura ascended the funeral pyre and were consumed with the body of their lord. All of them attained to those regions of felicity which were his.The son of Pandu burnt the body of his uncle together with those four wives of his, using diverse kinds of scents and perfumed wood. As the funeral pyre blazed up, a loud sound was heard of the burning wood and other combustible materials, along with the clear chant of Samans and the wailing of the citizens and others who witnessed the rite.

Mahabharat 1.95.63 - 64 - And (one day) Pandu, beholding Madri decked with ornaments, had his desire kindled. And, as soon as he touched her, he died. Madri ascended the funeral pyre with her lord.

Mahabharat 1.126.30 - His wife Madri, beholding him placed in the funeral pyre and about to be consumed, herself ascended the same pyre, and sacrificing her life thus, hath gone with her lord to the region reserved for chaste wives.

Mahabharat 1.125.33 - Vaisampayana continued, ‘Having said this, the daughter of the king of Madras, the wedded wife of Pandu, ascended the funeral pyre of her lord, that bull among men.

 

Puranas

Devi Bhagavatam 6.25.35 - 50 - Once Madri, full of youth and beauty, was staying alone in a solitary place and Pandu seeing her embraced her and due to the curse, died. When the funeral pyre was ablaze, the chaste Madri entered into the fire and died a Sati.

Devi Bhagavatam 2.6.53 - 71 - Then those Munis, practising great vows, knew that Pandu was dead and performed duly, on the banks of the Ganges, the ceremony of burning the dead. At that time Madri gave over to Kunti the charge of her two sons and followed the Sati practice along with her husband to go to Satyaloka.

Agni Purana 222.19 - 23 - The widow who practices self-control and austerities after the death of her husband, goes to heaven…the widow who burns herself on the same funeral pire wth her husband also goes to heaven.

Kurma Purana 2.34.108 - 109 - A woman who enters the funeral pyre along with her husband, shall uplift him even if is a Brahmana-slayer, an ungrateful fellow or one defiled by great sins. learned men know this to be the greatest expiation for women.

Vishnu Purana 5.38.1 - 11 - The 8 queens of Krishna, who have been named, with Rukmini at their head, embraced the body of Hari, and entered the funeral fire. Revati also embracing the corpse of Rama, entered the blazing pile, which was cool to her, happy in contact with her lord. Hearing these events, Ugrasena and Anakadundubhi, with Devaki and Rohini, committed themselves to the flames.

Shiva Purana, KotiRudra Samhita 4.10.23 - 24 - The Brahmin lady desirous of entering the pyre in order to follow her husband cursed the Raksasa king. The chaste lady entered fire.

Srimad Bhagavatam 4.28.50 - She then prepared a blazing fire with firewood and placed the dead body of her husband upon it. When this was finished, she lamented severely and prepared herself to perish in the fire with her husband.

Srimad Bhagavatam 9.9.36 - After this way cursing Mitrasaha [‘indulgent toward friends’ or Saudâsa] she, being devoted to be with her husband, found her destination by stepping into the fire that burned the bones of her husband.

Srimad Bhagavatam 11.31.19 - 20 - Tormented by separation from the Lord, His parents gave up their lives at that very spot. My dear Parīkṣit, the wives of the Yādavas then climbed onto the funeral pyres, embracing their dead husbands. The wives of Lord Balarāma also entered the fire and embraced His body, and Vasudeva’s wives entered his fire and embraced his body. The daughters-in-law of Lord Hari entered the funeral fires of their respective husbands, headed by Pradyumna. And Rukmiṇī and the other wives of Lord Kṛṣṇa — whose hearts were completely absorbed in Him — entered His fire.

Garuda Purana 1.107.29 - A Wife who dies in the company of her husband shall remain in heaven as many years as there are hairs on his person.

Garuda Purana 2.4.88 - 97 - A woman who has been chaste and faithful to her husband should mount on the pyre after bowing to her (deceased) husband before the funeral rites start. One who gets away from the pyre due to fainting should observe the vow named prajapatya. One who ascends the pyre and follows up her husband stays in heaven for a period equal to the number of hair on the body, three and a half crore. Just as the snake-charmer takes out the snake from the hole so also she takes out her husband from hell and enjoys with him in paradise. She who ascends the pyre goes to heaven. She is praised by the celestial nymphs and enjoys with her husband so long as the fourteen Indras rule in heaven successively. Even if the man has killed a brahmana or a friend or any other person of noble conduct he is purified of sins by his wife who ascends his pyre. A woman who enters fire after the death of her husband prospers in the heaven like Arundhati. Until and unless the woman burns herself after her husband’s death she is never released from the bond of her sex. A woman who follows her husband purifies the three families on her mother’s side, the three families on her father’s side and the three families on her husband’s side.

Garuda Purana 2.40 - Not knowing my duty I did not serve my husband, nor after his death enter the fire. Having become widowed I performed no austerities;–O Dweller in the Body, make reparation for whatever you have done!

Garuda Purana 10.42 - When a woman burns her body with her husband’s, the fire burns her limbs only, but does not afflict her soul.

Garuda Purana 10.45-46 - Likewise she who has joined her husband is never burnt. her inner soul becomes unified with that of her husband, by death. The woman who does not burn herself in the fire, on her husband’s death, is certainly never released from feminine bodies.

Garuda Purana 10.48 - The Woman who ascends the funeral pyre, when her husband is dead, becomes equal to Arundhati, and attains the heaven. [50] She who goes with her husband purifies three families her mother’s, her father’s, and that into which she was given.

Brahma Purana Gautami Mahatmya 10.75 - Dying Immediately after the husband is the greatest duty of women. This is the path laid down in the Vedas. [77] The woman who follows her husband shall stay in heaven for as many years as there are hairs in a man’s body, viz. three and a half crores of years.

Brahmanda Purana 2.3.30.39 - By entering this burning pyre, I will be slightly after a long time, the dear guest of my husband in the world of the Pitrs (Manes)[41] After saying these words with firm decision, Renuka decided to follow her husband by entering the fire.

Vamana Purana 46.4 - 22 - A king died childless, and his wife wept bitterly and embraced his corpse until a bird told her that she would have seven sons if she mounted her husband’s funeral pyre. She obeyed, and as she entered the fire the king arose and flew into the sky with her, by his power of yoga. When the queen entered her fertile period the king felt it his duty not to neglect her. He made love to her in the air, and his seed fell down from the sky. Then he went with her to the world of Brahma to dwell eternally. But the wives of the Seven Sages saw the cloud like seed falling from the sky into a flower, and they thought it was Soma. Wishing to be young forever, they bathed ritually, honoured their own husbands, and drank the king’s seed. The moment that they drank it [having thus unconsciously violated their chastity] they lost their holy lustre, and all their husbands abandoned them immediately as sinners. They gave birth to the seven Maruts (Storm Gods).

Padma Purana 5.106.60 - Having raised her, Narada said to the pure one about her dead (husband): ”O innocent one of large eyes, please go to your husband. O you of large eyes, your husband, abandoned by his kinsmen, is dead. O auspicious one, you should not weep. Enter fire (i.e. funeral pyre of your husband).”[65-68] If you will go to (i.e. desire to enter) fire there, then do not weep . O daughter, if you have committed a sin like enjoying another man (than your husband) then make an expiation to purify that. On entering into the fire your minor sins will perish.

Padma Purana 6.252.89 - 90 - Rukmaputri with Pradyumna, Usa with Aniruddha and all Yadava ladies honoured the bodies of their husbands and entered fire.

Skanda Purana 3.1.12.115 - 116 - Ere long thereafter, King Manojava abandoned his body and went to the world of Siva, due to the power of that Tirtha. O Brahmanas, his wife Sumitra embraced his body then and ascended his funeral pyre. She too attained the same world.

Skanda Purana 5.1.53.38 - 41 - The beautiful woman gathered fuel and twigs together and kindled the funeral pyre which she ascended along with her husband. She was mentally pleased in doing so.

Skanda Purana 3.2.7.53 - 56 - A chaste woman who follows her husband from the house to the cremation ground for self-immolation undoubtedly attains the merit of a horse-sacrifice at every step. Just as a snake-catcher forcibly retrieves a snake from its hole, so also a chaste woman retrieves her husband from the messengers of Yama and goes to heave. On seeing a chaste woman the messengers of Yama flee. On seeing the splendour of a chaste woman even the sun feels burning sensation, even the fire gets burnt and all other luminaries begin to tremble. A chaste woman sportingly enjoys heavenly pleasures along with her husband for as many crores and ten thousand years as there are hairs on her body.

Narada Purana, Uttarabhaga 16.85 - 89 - She sold off her bangle and brought a great deal of fuel. She prepared the funeral pyre. After placing her dead husband on it, she poured ghee over the pyre (fuel). She too climbed on the funeral pyre joining her face to his face, her heart near his heart and O gentle lady, her buttocks near his buttocks. With her foot she dragged the fire. The auspicious lady of charming limbs set fire to the ailing body of the husband along with her body. As the fire blazed brightly, she cast off her body and went to the world of the Devas taking her husband with her after annihilating many of his sins by means of her holy rites very difficult to be performed.

Narada Purana, Uttarabhaga 30.87 - With a great deal of merits the woman goes to the region of Visnu alongwith her husband if her body is cremated alongwith him. But a woman greedy of wealth and of her body (?) attains Yama’s torture and the affliction of being born in base wombs of lower species.

Vamana Purana 46.51 - 53 - Then after a long time that beloved slender-bodied queen of the king had pregnancy from that best of kings. During the pregnancy of the wife the king died. She, loyal to her husband, while desiring to get upon (the funeral pyre of) her husband, was prevented by the ministers, but could not be stopped.

Vishnu Purana 3.18.51 - 55 - It is related that there was formerly a king named Śatadhanu, whose wife Śaivyá was a woman of great virtue. She was devoted to her husband, benevolent, sincere, pure, adorned with every female excellence, with humility, and discretion…After a time the Rájá, triumphant over his enemies, died; and the princess ascended the funeral pile of her husband.

Narada Purana 1.7.52 - O blessed princess! The following (ladies) do not ascend funeral pyre, viz. those with infant children (depending on them), pregnant women, those whose monthly course has not yet started and women in the menses.

Shiva Purana, Satarudra Samhita 3, Chapter 26, verses 38 - 51 - O my beloved, when the phallic image is smashed and burnt I do not desire to live. I am telling you the truth. There is no doubt in this. O gentle lady, prepare a pyre for me immediately through your servants. With my mind fixed in Śiva, I shall enter the fire… Then the merchant who was only Śiva himself went round the blazing fire. Desirous of knowing her intentions he entered the fire firmly… Taking the gemset bangle I had taken the pledge that I shall be the avowed wife of this merchant for three days… As she was going to jump in the fire with her mind fixed in his feet, Śiva, the soul of the universe, appeared in front and stopped her.

Manusmriti

 1. God said the duty of a Shudra is to serve the upper varnas faithfully with devotion and without grumbling. (Manu 1-91) Manu is not satisfied with this. He wants this servile status of the Shudras to be expressed in the names and surnames of persons belonging to that community. Manu says
2. A hundred year old Kshatriya must treat a ten year old Brahmin boy as his father. (Manu 11-135)
3. The Brahmin should never invite persons of other varnas for food. In case, the latter begs the Brahmin for food, the Brahmin may give them some left-over. Even these left-over must be served not by the Brahmin but by his servants outside the house. (Manu II2).
4. He who instructs Shudra pupils and he whose teacher is a Shudra shall become disqualified for being invited to a shradha. (Manu III. 156.)
5. A Shudra is unfit of receive education. The upper varnas should not impart education or give advice to a Shudra.It is not necessary that the Shudra should know the laws and codes and hence need not be taught. Violators will go to as amrita hell. (Manu IV-78 to 81)
6. “Let him not dwell in a country where the rulers are Shudras.” (Manu IV. 61)
7. He must never read the Vedas in the presence of the Shudras. (Manu IV. 99.)
8. A Brahmana who is only a Brahman by decent i.e., one who has neither studied nor performed any other act required by the Vedas may, at the king’s pleasure, interpret the law to him i.e., act as the judge, but never a Shudra (however learned he may be). (Manu VIII. 20.)
9. The Kingdom of that monarch, who looks on while a Shudra settles the law, will sink low like a cow in the morass. (Manu VIII. 21.)
10. A Brahmin can order a Shudra to serve him without any remuneration because the Shudra is created by Brahma to serve the Brahmins.
11. A Shudra who insults a twice born man with gross invectives shall have his tongue cut out; for he is of low origin. (Manu VIII. 270.)
12. If he mentions the names and castes of the (twice born) with contumely, an iron nail, ten fingers long, shall be thrust red hot into his mouth. (Manu VIII. 271.)
13. If a Shudra arrogantly presumes to preach religion to Brahmins, the king shall have poured burning oil in his mouth and ears. Manu VIII. 272.)
14. A Shudra who has an intercourse with a woman of the higher caste guarded or unguarded shall be punished n the following manner; if she was unguarded, he loses the offending part; if she was guarded then he should be put to death and his property confiscated.” (Manu VIII. 374.)
15. A Brahman may compel a Shudra, whether bought or unbought, to do servile work for he is created by the creator to be the slave of a Brahmana. (Manu VIII. 413.)
16. No Shudra should have property of his own, He should have nothing of his own. The existence of a wealthy Shudra is bad for the Brahmins. A Brahman may take possession of the goods of a Shudra. (ManuVIII-417 & X129)
17. A Brahman may seize without hesitation, if he be in distress for his subsistence, the goods of his Shudra. The Shudra can have only one occupation. This is one of the inexorable laws of Manu. says Manu. (Manu VIII. 417)
18. 8.369. A damsel who pollutes (another) damsel must be fined two hundred (panas), pay the double of her (nuptial) fee, and receive ten (lashes with a) rod.
19. 8.370. But a woman who pollutes a damsel shall instantly have (her head) shaved or two fingers cut off, and be made to ride (through the town) on a donkey.
20. 11.67. Giving pain to a Brahmana (by a blow), smelling at things which ought not to be smelt at, or at spirituous liquor, cheating, and an unnatural offence with a man, are declared to cause the loss of caste (Gatibhramsa)

Don't tell this to Shudras!

 Atri Smriti 1.4 - 12

Sage Atri, after rinsing his mouth with waters from all the sacred sites, bowed to all gods and recited all the suktas, and in accordance with all the shastras, he created this Dharmashastra, which destroys all the sins and doubts, and is beneficial to the four Varnas.

Even those who commit sins deliberately and criticize Dharma will be exempted from all of their sins, just by listening to this Dharmashastra. Therefore, one must thoroughly research this Dharmashastra with those who are adept in Vedas and should also preach to their disciples who possess excellent character.

Never reveal the contents of this Dharmashastra to Shudras, wicked Brahmins, stupid people, those who have taken birth in lower castes and those with bad behaviour. Best of Brahmins should never impart this knowledge to these 5 kinds of people.

If a teacher has taught a student even one letter, then there's no object on this earth that a student may give to him and be free of the debt he owes to the teacher. The student who doesn't respect the teacher who taught him one letter (didn't see this coming lol), gets reborn as dog for the next 100 births! And after suffering the life of dogs for 100 births, he takes birth in Chandal caste!

Those who study vedas but don't study other scriptures are born as animals in the next 21 births!

Men who perform their duties and never step a foot on the evil path are respected, even if they live at a distance.