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तं शशाप कुलाचार्यः कृतागसमकामतः ।
न क्षत्रबन्धुः शूद्रस्त्वं कर्मणा भवितामुना ॥ ९ ॥
 
tam sasapa kulacaryah
krtagasam akamatah
na ksatra-bandhuh sudras tvam
karmana bhavitamuna
tam-him (Prsadhra); sasapa-cursed; kula-acaryah-the family priest, Vasistha; krta-agasam-because of committing the great sin of killing a cow; akamatah-although he did not want to do it; na-not; ksatra-bandhuh-the family member of a ksatriya; sudrah tvam-you have behaved like a sudra; karmana-therefore by your fruitive reaction; bhavita-you shall become a sudra; amuna-because of killing the cow.