How could, men devoted to penances acquire the dignity of Brahmanas, though of indiscriminate origin? Indeed, those born in pure wombs and those in impure, all became Brahmanas.
यत्र तत्र कथं जाताः स्वयोनि मुनयो गताः। शुद्धयोनौ समुत्पन्ना वियोनौ च तथा परे॥