That Brahmana who renounces the duties of his order for following those of the Kshatriya, is considered as one who has fallen away from the status of a Brahmana and who has become a Kshatriya.
यस्तु विप्रत्वमुत्सृज्य क्षात्रं धर्मं निषेवते। ब्राह्मण्यात् स परिभ्रष्टः क्षत्रयोनौ प्रजायते॥