Manusmriti

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अव्रतानाममन्त्राणां जातिमात्रोपजीविनाम् । सहस्रशः समेतानां परिषत्त्वं न विद्यते ॥ ११४ ॥

sanskrit

Even if thousands of Brahmanas, who have not fulfilled their sacred duties, are unacquainted with the Veda, and subsist only by the name of their caste, meet, they cannot (form) an assembly (for settling the sacred law).

english translation

avratAnAmamantrANAM jAtimAtropajIvinAm | sahasrazaH sametAnAM pariSattvaM na vidyate || 114 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript