Shloka 13
Adhyāya 189: Japa—Inquiry into the Jāpaka, Method
Vidhi), and Fruit (Phala
हिंसानृतप्रिया लुब्धा: सर्वकर्मोपजीविन: । कृष्णा: शौचपरिभ्रष्टास्ते द्विजा: शूद्रतां गता:
hiṃsānṛtapriyā lubdhāḥ sarvakarmopajīvinaḥ | kṛṣṇāḥ śaucaparibhraṣṭās te dvijāḥ śūdratāṃ gatāḥ ||
婆罗堕阇说道：凡二次生者既失清净与善行，遂喜好暴害与虚妄；又因贪欲而以一切可鄙之业为生者，便被“染黑”（道德蒙垢），因此堕入首陀罗之境。
भरद्वाज उवाच
Educational Q&A
Status as ‘twice-born’ is upheld by śauca (purity) and ācāra (right conduct). When one embraces violence, falsehood, greed, and censured livelihoods, one undergoes moral and social degradation—described here as falling into śūdratā.
In a didactic passage of the Śānti Parva, Bharadvāja explains how deviation from ethical discipline causes the decline of dvijas, portraying their fall through traits like hiṃsā, anṛta, and indiscriminate blameworthy work, culminating in the notion of becoming śūdra-like.