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<h2>Srimad-Bhagavatam</h2>
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<h3>SB Canto 9</h3>
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Here is a learned, highly qualified brāhmaṇa, engaged in performing austerity and eagerly desiring to worship the Supreme Lord, the Supersoul who lives within the core of the heart in all living entities.
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[[Vanisource:SB 9.9.29|SB 9.9.29, Translation and Purport]]
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Here is a learned, highly qualified brāhmaṇa, engaged in performing austerity and eagerly desiring to worship the Supreme Lord, the Supersoul who lives within the core of the heart in all living entities.
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The wife of the brāhmaṇa did not regard her husband as a superficial brāhmaṇa who was called a brāhmaṇa merely because he was born of a brāhmaṇa family. Rather, this brāhmaṇa was actually qualified with the brahminical symptoms. Yasya yal lakṣaṇaṁ proktam ([[Vanisource:SB 7.11.35|SB 7.11.35]]). The symptoms of a brāhmaṇa are stated in the śāstra:

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:śamo damas tapaḥ śaucaṁ
:kṣāntir ārjavam eva ca
:jñānaṁ vijñānam āstikyaṁ 
:brahma-karma svabhāvajam
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"Peacefulness, self-control, austerity, purity, tolerance, honesty, wisdom, knowledge, and religiousness-these are the qualities by which the brāhmaṇas work." ([[Vanisource:BG 18.42 (1972)|BG 18.42]]) Not only must a brāhmaṇa be qualified, but he must also engage in actual brahminical activities. Simply to be qualified is not enough; one must engage in a brāhmaṇa's duties. The duty of a brāhmaṇa is to know the paraṁ brahma, Kṛṣṇa (paraṁ brahma paraṁ dhāma pavitraṁ paramaṁ bhavān ([[Vanisource:BG 10.12-13 (1972)|BG 10.12]])). Because this brāhmaṇa was actually qualified and was also engaged in brahminical activities (brahma-karma ([[Vanisource:BG 18.42 (1972)|BG 18.42]])), killing him would be a greatly sinful act, and the brāhmaṇa's wife requested that he not be killed.
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