Bharadwaja said By what deeds, does one became a Brahmana? By what, a Kshatriya? O foremost of twice-born ones, by what deeds again does one become a Vaishya or a Shudra? Tell me this, O foremost of orators.
भरद्वाज उवाच ब्राह्मणः केन भवति क्षत्रियो वा द्विजोत्तम। वैश्यः शूद्रश्च विप्रर्षे तद् ब्रूहि वदतां वर॥