Manusmriti: The Laws of Manu

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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