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Chapter 3.188 - Verse 18

Sanskrit Text

ब्राह्मणाः क्षत्रिया वैश्याः संकीर्यन्तः परस्परम् शूद्रतुल्या भविष्यन्ति तपःसत्यविवर्जिताः

English Translation

Will display enmity towards one another and will desire to take one another's life. Thus virtue diminished and their asceticism and truth gone Vaishyas. Brahmanas and Kshatriyas will all be equal to the Shudras. The lowest (orders of men) will rise to the middle (orders of men) and the middle will certainly descend to the lowest.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

ब्राह्मणाः | क्षत्रिया | वैश्याः | शूद्र + च | कृ + निश्चय
शूद्र + तुल्य | भविष्यन्ति | तपस् + सत्य + विवर्जय्