Those who having won the dignity of a Brahmana that, like wealth, is so difficult to acquire, do not seek to keep it up, must be considered as the most wretched in this world. Indeed, they are the most sinful of all creatures.
त्वां तु शोचामि यो लब्वा ब्राह्मण्यं न बुभूषसे। ब्राह्मण्यं यदि दुष्प्रापं त्रिभिर्वर्णैः शतक्रतो॥ सुदुर्लभं सदावाप्य नानुतिष्ठन्ति मानवाः। यः पापेभ्यः पापतमस्तेषामधम एव सः॥