Indeed having perpetrated sins, O Bharata, one has to take birth in an order intermediate between that of humanity and vegetables. Those people do not know the principles of virtue who take their own hearts for their guide.
पापानि तु नराः कृत्वा तिर्यग् जायन्ति भारत। न चात्मनः प्रमाणं ते धर्मे जानन्ति किंचन॥