Amongst the Brahmanas there are some who pollute the line and some who purify it. Listen to me, O king, as I tell you those Brahmanas are that should be excluded from the line.
तेषामन्ये पङ्क्तिदूषास्तथान्ये पङ्क्तिपावनाः। अपाङ्क्तेयास्तु ये राजन् कीर्तयिष्यामि तान् शृणु॥