Looking for the source of this verse, particularly the second half of the verse

[Jay Nityananda Das]

|| Hare Krishna ||

Respected Scholars,

Namo Namah.

Kindly look at the following verse:

janmanā jāyate śūdraḥ

saṁskārād bhaved dvijaḥ
veda-pāṭhād bhaved vipro
brahma jānatīti brāhmaṇaḥ

The first part of the verse (janmana jayate sudrah samskarad bhaved dvijah)
can be traced to the following verse from the Skanda Purana (NAgara-khaNDa
239.31):

janmanA jayate zUdraH   saMskarAd dvija ucyate

Sanskrit:
https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/skanda-purana-sanskrit/d/doc807721.h
tml

English translation:
https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-skanda-purana/d/doc502218.html

However, I couldn't trace out the source for the second part of the verse.

Any help in this regard would be appreciated.

Thanks for considering the query,

das,

Jaya Nityananda Dasa

("Nandagrama" Varnasrama Community Project)

[Yasoda Jivan dasa]

Namskrah

Atri smriti 138-140 and may be yajnavalkya smriti also describes a verse which is completely opposite of this verse. The verse says-- 

जन्मना ब्राह्मणो ज्ञेयः संस्कारैर्द्विज उच्यते ॥ १३८ ॥ विद्यया याति विप्रत्वं श्रोत्रियस्त्रिभिरेव च । वेदशास्त्राण्यधीते यः शास्त्रार्थं च निबोधयेत् ॥ १३९ ॥ तदास वेदवित्प्रोक्तो वचनं तस्य पावनम् ।

 एकोपि वेदविद्धर्म यं व्यवस्येद् द्विजोत्तमः ॥ १४० ॥ 

The famous verse , janmana jayate sudra.....is quoted by Adi Shankaracarya Bhagavad Pada in his commentry to काठकोपनिषद 2-1-2  he says -

[ शांकरभाष्यम् ] स्वाभाविकमिति । स्वयमेव जायमानं शास्त्रगुर्वाद्य- नपेक्षमित्यर्थः । देहेन्द्रियादीति । देहेन्द्रियादीनां संयोगस्य यो वियोगः स लक्षणं स्वरूपं यस्येत्यर्थः । अनवरत: - निरन्तरः [ पृ. ६२] अनुव- मिति । परिमितकालपर्यन्तं स्थायित्वादनित्यम् । ब्राह्मणा इति । ब्राह्मण- प॒देन ब्रह्मविद् बोध्यन्ते । जन्मना जायते शूद्रः संस्कारैर्द्विन उच्यते । वेदाभ्यासाद्भवेद्विप्रो ब्रह्म जानाति ब्राह्मण इत्युक्तेः ॥ २

Although I couldn't find the above commentary in other publications  but I could find it in the following archive published by Oriental supplying agency

https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.369246/page/n175/mode/1up?view=theater

Also in the book Sannyasa Dharma Samhita by svami atmanand He quotes in  page no 14

""जन्मना जायते शूद्रः संस्काराद्द्विज उच्यते । वेदाभ्यासाद्भवेद्विप्रो ब्रह्मज्ञानाच्च ब्राह्मणः ।। " इति स्मृतेः ।। तस्यापि लक्षणमुक्त भारते । "न यस्य जन्मकर्मभ्यां न वर्णाश्रमजातिभिः । सज्जतेऽस्मिन्नहंभावस्तं देवा ब्राह्मणं विदुः ।। " इत्यादि ग्रन्थेन ॥

From subhashita- sangraha 226

जन्मना जायते शुद्रः, संस्काराद्‌ दविज उच्यते |

शुद्रकरे च संभूतः बाद्यणः किं न जायते ।, २२६ ॥

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[Jay Nityananda Das]

Dear Yashoda Jivan,

Blessing to you !

Thanks for your quick response. I appreciate that.

>>जन्मना जायते शूद्रः संस्कारैर्द्विन उच्यते । वेदाभ्यासाद्भवेद्विप्रो ब्रह्म जानाति ब्राह्मण इत्युक्तेः ॥ २

>>""जन्मना जायते शूद्रः संस्काराद्द्विज उच्यते । वेदाभ्यासाद्भवेद्विप्रो ब्रह्मज्ञानाच्च ब्राह्मणः ।। " इति स्मृतेः ।।

Can you try to find more into which exact smrti  mentions the above verse?

das,

Jaya Nityananda Dasa

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[shankara]

Namaste,

There is a correction. The passage beginning with स्वाभाविकमिति attributed to Sankarabhashya is actually from Balabodhini a sub-commentary by SS Pathak on both Sankarabhashya and the Rangaramanujabhashya, which begins from p. 95 of the book.

regards
shankara

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[Yasoda Jivan dasa]

Namo namah,

It is very difficult to find the verse due to not having access to all manuscripts. But still there are some references which can be the clue for this.

There is a serial based on Upanishads known as Upanisad Ganga produced by Chinmay mission quotes the verse in one of the episodes refering atri smriti 141 . The link is as follows 

https://youtu.be/PMx-y3K-wjA?si=bZXshGstILeD8dku

Across Internet I could find only two different editions . One of those edition has the verse -- janmana brahmano jneya... I couldn't find the text as it was mentioned in Upanisad Ganga serial. The possible reason could be that they have taken the verse from different edition which we don't have access.

Furthermore, there is a edition of Manu Smriti translated by Rama Chandra Verma Shastri. In that edition chapter 1 text 110 contains this verse. The link for the book is as follows 

https://archive.org/details/qAXB_manu-smriti-with-the-notes-by-ram-chandra-verma-shastri-vidya-vihar-new-delhi

The L.R. Vaidya. Sanskrit-English dictionary published in 1916 in page number 515 quotes the verse with following reference. It says

brAhmaRa {% (1) a. (f. uft) %} 1. Relating to or becoming a Brāhmaṇa 2. given by a Brāhmaṇa.brAhmaRa {% (II) m. %} 1. A member of the first of the four primary castes of the Hindus, a Brāhmana (जन्मना जायते शूद्रः सम्स्कारैर्द्विज उच्यते ।कर्मणा याति विप्रत्वं ब्रह्म जानाति ब्राह्मणः) M.i.31,v.95

https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.446 

A good reference:

अपि च ।“कर्म्मणा ब्राह्मणो जातः करोति ब्रह्मभावनाम् ।स्वधर्म्मनिरतः शुद्धस्तस्माद्ब्राह्मण उच्यते ॥ "इति ब्रह्मवैवर्त्ते गणेशखण्डे ३५

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