If, on the other hand, he happens to be conversant with the Vedas and freed from all those faults which are considered as capable of polluting the line, he shall not, o king, be considered as fallen, Such a man would then be really a purifier of the line.
न च स्यात् पतितो राजन् पङ्क्तिपावन एव सः। तस्मात् सर्वप्रयत्नेन परीक्ष्यामन्त्रयेद् द्विजान्॥