@AnilBhauHindSWa Ok, i'll try to cover this briefly but as …

@AnilBhauHindSWa त्रेताग्निमन्त्रविहितो वैश्यो भवति वै यदि ||
स वैश्यः क्षत्रियकुले शुचौ महति जायते ||३३||

After listing all the acts a vaishya should do, including the maintenance of 3 shrauta fires, mahAdeva tells umA that such a vaishya will take birth (jAyate) in a kSatriya family.

@AnilBhauHindSWa गोब्राह्मणहितार्थाय रणे चाभिमुखो हतः |
त्रेताग्निमन्त्रपूतं वा समाविश्य द्विजो भवेत् ||४३||

ज्ञानविज्ञानसम्पन्नः संस्कृतो वेदपारगः |
विप्रो भवति धर्मात्मा क्षत्रियः स्वेन कर्मणा ||४४||

@AnilBhauHindSWa The kSatriya who goes over & above the duties meant for him: who is forward-facing in battle for the welfare of cows & brAhmaNas and he who enters his three shrauta fires [after death]; such a kSatriya becomes a dvija (means brAhmaNa here);

@AnilBhauHindSWa Becomes? In this life? So, a kSatriya can just become a brAhmaNa then? No, because the shloka clearly refers to one who was slain (hataH) for the noble ends and/or reached the other world after being committed to his three holy fires in the cremation (samAvishya). Thus, no doubt.

@AnilBhauHindSWa No doubt that this is referring to a subsequent birth. To ensure that dvija indeed refers to brAhmaNa, the next shloka says, "vipra". Such a dharmAtmA kSatriya will become a brAhmaNa. in his next birth.

@AnilBhauHindSWa एतैः कर्मफलैर्देवि न्यूनजातिकुलोद्भवः |
शूद्रोऽप्यागमसम्पन्नो द्विजो भवति संस्कृतः ||४५||

कर्मभिः शुचिभिर्देवि शुद्धात्मा विजितेन्द्रियः |
शूद्रोऽपि द्विजवत्सेव्य इति ब्रह्माब्रवीत्स्वयम् ||४७||

@AnilBhauHindSWa mahAdeva concludes his discourse to umA by saying, "Through these acts, one born in a family that is deficient [of the vedic rites] becomes one endowed with scriptural revelation (Agama-sampanna), a refined dvija he becomes.

@AnilBhauHindSWa "He who has purified his soul by good deeds and controlled his senses; such a shUdra should be attended upon with respect like a dvija; thus is the dictate of brahma"

@AnilBhauHindSWa एते योनिफला देवि स्थानभागनिदर्शकाः |
The division based on birth from certain wombs as being the division of the states souls obtain as the fruits of their deeds (i.e. birth-based varNas exist as a mechanism for facilitating karmic rewards).

@AnilBhauHindSWa But conduct entitles one to be honoured regardless of the birth. Thus, the necessity of birth and the possibility of honors regardless of birth are both brought out in rudra's discourse.

@AnilBhauHindSWa Now, next time, learn not to be flippant. What you called random sanskrit shlokas are verses from the mouth of mahAdeva, given to umA devI.

If you are in a position to learn something, ask with etiquette.

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