कलौ ब्राह्मण्यम्

अब्राह्मणेषु सर्वेषु
सर्वस्मिन् ब्राह्मण-ब्रुवे ।
नाम-धारक-मात्रेषु
श्रोत्रियेषु महत्स्व् अपि॥१२॥

सर्वेष्व् अपि च वेदैक-
पारगेषु महात्मसु।
ब्रह्मत्वम् एक-सामान्यात्
तिष्ठत्य् एव ह्यनश्वरम् ॥ १३ ॥

तन्-महत्-तारतम्येन
न्यूनं चाऽधिकम् एव च।
महच् च सुमहच् चापि
दोष-युक्तं गुणोत्तरम्॥१४॥

निर्दोषम् इति भेदेन
बहुधाभि(हि)मृतेति तत्(स्मृतं) ।
सर्व-कर्मैक-शून्ये ऽस्मिन्
कलौ पापैकसङ्कुले॥१५॥

कर्मानुरूपं ब्रह्मत्वं
प्रतिष्ठति हि भूतले । तन्न दूष्यं दुराधर्षं
युगधर्मानुरूपकम्॥ १६

कपिलस्मृतिः

In all (six kinds of) Abrāhmaṇas (lowly Brāhmaṇas), in Brāhmaṇabruva (one who merely says, “I am Brāhmaṇa”, but doesn’t perform actions of a Brāhmaṇa), in those who merely possess the name (Brāhmaṇa), in the great Śrotriyas, and in the noble experts of Vedas, the indestructible Brahmatva (Brāhmaṇatva) stays as being one thing which is common. Through gradation, it is greater, great, more, less, faulty, more in quality, faultless, and hence through (such) difference, it is ? . In this Kaliyuga, where all (scripturally ordained) actions are absent, and where sin alone is abundant, Brahmatva shall remain on the earth in accordance with actions (performed by the aforementioned, as more or less), and it shall not be condemned, (because) it is invincible and as per Yugadharma.

• Kapilasmrti 12-16