Vyasa said Since, obeying us, you have committed this highly cruel act, and since your conduct is such, although you are a good Brahmana by birth, therefore, those excellent words that Devaki's son had said, will, forsooth, be fulfilled regarding you, because you are living the life of a Kshatriya.'
व्यास उवाच यस्मादनादृत्य कृतं त्वयास्मान् कर्म दारुणम् ब्राह्मणस्य सतश्चैव यस्मात् ते वृत्तमीदृशम्॥ तस्माद् यद् देवकीपुत्र उक्तवानुत्तमं वचः असंशयं ते तद् भावि क्षत्रधर्मस्त्वयाऽऽश्रितः॥