By speaking ill of the Brahmanas and by insulting them, O Bharata, the high families as become degenerated, also by the misappropriation of what has been entrusted to them..
ब्राह्मणानां परिभवात् परिवादाच्च भारत। कुलान्यकुलतां यान्ति न्यासापहरणेन च॥