Those men should never be fed on occasions of Shraddhas who speak ill of Brahmanas in course of conversation in the midst of conclaves. If Brahmanas, O king, be vilified, they would destroy three generations of the calumniator.
वैखानसानां वचनमृषीणां श्रूयते नृप। दूरादेव परीक्षेत ब्राह्मणान् वेदपारगान्॥