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The Great Liberation Tantra1.47

1.47
दास्यन्ति धनलोभेन स्वदारान्नीचजातिषु । ब्राह्मण्यचिह्नमेतावत् केवलं सूत्रधारणम् ॥४७॥
dāsyanti dhanalobhena svadārānnīcajātiṣu | brāhmaṇyacihnametāvat kevalaṃ sūtradhāraṇam ||47||
— will give ; — out of greed for wealth ; — their own wives ; — to low castes ; — the mark of Brāhmaṇa-hood ; — only this much ; — merely ; — the wearing of the sacred thread

Out of greed for wealth they will give their own wives to men of low caste; the only mark of Brāhmaṇa-hood will be merely the wearing of the sacred thread.