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Mahabharat

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कर्मणा क्षत्रियाश्चैते निर्घृणा भोगिभोजिनः । ज्ञातिसंक्षयकर्तृत्वाद्ब्राह्मण्यं न लभन्ति वै॥५-९९-६॥

By their conduct these are kṣatriyas—unsparing, and consumers of serpent-kind. Because they bring about the depletion of their kin-groups, they do not attain brāhmaṇa status.

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