क्रतुरुवाच।। ब्राह्मणः क्षत्रियो वाऽपि वैश्यो वा शूद्र एव च।। दीक्षाहीनो भवेत्सोऽपि ब्राह्मणं योऽवमन्यते
kraturuvāca|| brāhmaṇaḥ kṣatriyo vā'pi vaiśyo vā śūdra eva ca|| dīkṣāhīno bhavetso'pi brāhmaṇaṃ yo'vamanyate
Roman (IAST) transliteration rendered by HREEM from the edition's Devanagari; the Devanagari is the edition's own.
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.