Shiva Purana

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श्रुत्वा तद्वृत्तमाज्ञाय तं शशाप कृतागसम् ॥ अकामतोविचार्य्येति शूद्रो भव न क्षत्रियः ॥ ५८॥

sanskrit

On hearing about the incident and realising that he had committed a sin unconsciously and not wilfully, the preceptor cursed him—“Become a Śūdra, not a Kṣatriya.”

english translation

zrutvA tadvRttamAjJAya taM zazApa kRtAgasam ॥ akAmatovicAryyeti zUdro bhava na kSatriyaH ॥ 58॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/uma-samhita/36/58

श्रुत्वा तद्वृत्तमाज्ञाय तं शशाप कृतागसम् ॥ अकामतोविचार्य्येति शूद्रो भव न क्षत्रियः ॥ ५८॥

sanskrit

On hearing about the incident and realising that he had committed a sin unconsciously and not wilfully, the preceptor cursed him—“Become a Śūdra, not a Kṣatriya.”

english translation

zrutvA tadvRttamAjJAya taM zazApa kRtAgasam ॥ akAmatovicAryyeti zUdro bhava na kSatriyaH ॥ 58॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript