Through, what acts does a Kshatriya become a Vaishya and a Brahmana becomes a Kshatriya? By what means may such degradation of castes bc warded off?
वैश्यो वा क्षत्रियः केन द्विजो वा क्षत्रियो भवेत्। प्रतिलोमः कथं देव शक्यो धर्मो निवर्तितुम्॥