If, however, a person of superior birth perpetrates censurable deeds, such acts pollute him. Hence, of the two, viz., acts and birth, acts pollute man.
जात्या प्रधानं पुरुषं कुर्वाणं कर्म धिक्कृतम्। कर्म तद् दूषयत्येनं तस्मात् कर्म न शोभनम्॥