Hinduism - What Are Three Debts Of The Twice Born?

 


All "twice-born" males, defined as men born into one of the three "twice-born" categories in Indian society—brahmin, kshatriya, or vaishya—were required to repay three "debts" according to legend.

  1. The earliest of these obligations was to the gods, for which sacrifices were made.
  2. The Vedas, the world's oldest and most authoritative religious scriptures, were used to repay the second obligation, which was to the sages.
  3. The last obligation was to the ancestors (pitrs), which was paid by having a son in order to guarantee that the ancestral ceremonies may continue uninterrupted.


~Kiran Atma


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