Manusmriti

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जातिमात्रोपजीवी वा कामं स्याद् ब्राह्मणब्रुवः । धर्मप्रवक्ता नृपतेर्न शूद्रः कथं चन ॥ २० ॥

sanskrit

A Brahmana who subsists only by the name of his caste (gati), or one who merely calls himself a Brahmana (though his origin be uncertain), may, at the king’s pleasure, interpret the law to him, but never a Sudra.

english translation

jAtimAtropajIvI vA kAmaM syAd brAhmaNabruvaH | dharmapravaktA nRpaterna zUdraH kathaM cana || 20 ||

hk transliteration