dhig janma nas tri-vrd yat tad

 dhig vratam dhig bahu-jñatam

dhik kulam dhik kriya-daksyam

 vimukha ye tv adhoksaje

 

Translation: 

 

[The brahmanas said:] To hell with our threefold birth, our vow of celibacy and our extensive learning! To hell with our aristocratic background and our expertise in the rituals of sacrifice! These are all condemned because we were inimical to the transcendental Personality of Godhead.

 

Purport: 

 

As explained in the definitions above, the words tri-vrd janma, or “threefold birth,” refer to 1) physical birth, 2) brahminical initiation and 3) initiation into the performance of Vedic sacrifice. Everything is useless if one is ignorant of the Absolute Truth, the Supreme Lord Krsna.