saurÄṣṭrÄvanty-ÄbhÄ«rÄÅ› ca
śūrÄ arbuda-mÄlavÄḥ
vrÄtyÄ dvijÄ bhaviá¹£yanti
śūdra-prÄyÄ janÄdhipÄḥ

 Å›aurÄṣṭra - residing in ÅšaurÄṣṭra; avantÄ« - in AvantÄ«; ÄbhÄ«rÄḥ - and in Ä€bhÄ«ra; ca - and; Å›Å«rÄḥ - residing in the Śūra province; arbuda-mÄlavÄḥ - residing in Arbuda and MÄlava; vrÄtyÄḥ - deviated from all purificatory rituals; dvijÄḥ - the brÄhmaṇas; bhaviá¹£yanti - will become; Å›Å«dra-prÄyÄḥ - no better than śūdras; jana-adhipÄḥ - the kings.


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At that time the brÄhmaṇas of such provinces as ÅšaurÄṣṭra, AvantÄ«, Ä€bhÄ«ra, Śūra, Arbuda and MÄlava will forget all their regulative principles, and the members of the royal order in these places will become no better than śūdras.

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