The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 13.10.15

13.10.15

kulapatiruvāca |
na śakyamiha śūdreṇa liṅgamāśritya vartitum |
āsyatāṃ yadi te buddhiḥ śuśrūṣānirato bhava || 15 ||

"The Kulapati said, 'It is impossible that a Sudra should live here adopting the marks specially intended for those practising lives of Renunciation. If it pleases thee, thou mayest stay here, engaged in waiting upon and serving us. Without doubt, by such service thou shalt attain to many regions of high felicity.'"