तं शशाप कुलाचार्य: कृतागसमकामत: । न क्षत्रबन्धु: शूद्रस्त्वं कर्मणा भवितामुना ॥ ९ ॥
tam sasapa kulacaryah krtagasam akamatah na ksatra-bandhuh sudras tvam karmana bhavitamuna
- tam
- him (Prsadhra)
- sasapa
- cursed
- kula-acaryah
- the family priest, Vasistha
- krta-agasam
- because of committing the great sin of killing a cow
- akamatah
- although he did not want to do it
- na
- not
- ksatra-bandhuh
- the family member of a ksatriya
- sudrah tvam
- you have behaved like a sudra
- karmana
- therefore by your fruitive reaction
- bhavita
- you shall become a sudra
- amuna
- because of killing the cow.
Although Prsadhra had committed the sin unknowingly, his family priest, Vasistha, cursed him, saying, "In your next life you shall not be able to become a ksatriya. Instead, you shall take birth as a sudra because of killing the cow."