Those twice-born ones who are given to the acquisition of that knowledge which is recommended in the Sankhya system, even if they fail to acquire eminence, are never seen to fall among intermediate creatures, or to sink into the state of sinful men.
तेषां न तिर्यग्गमनं हि दृष्टं नार्वाग्गति पाप:कृताधिवासः। न वा प्रधाना अपि ते द्विजातयो ये ज्ञानमेतन्नृपतेऽनुरक्ताः॥