The Dravidas, the Kalingas, the Pulindas the Ushinaras, the Kolisarpas, the Mahishakas, and other Kshatriyas, have, on account of the absence of Brahmanas from among their midst, become degraded into Shudras. Defeat from them is preferable to victory, O foremost of victorious persons.
द्राविडाश्च कलिङ्गाश्च पुलिन्दाश्चाप्युशीनराः। कोलिसर्पा माहिषकास्तास्ताः क्षत्रियजातयः॥ वृषलत्वं परिगता ब्राह्मणानामदर्शनात्। श्रेयान् पराजयस्तेभ्यो न जयो जयतां वर॥