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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.3.38

శూద్రా: ప్రతిగ్రహీష్యన్తి తపోవేషోపజీవిన: । ధర్మం వక్ష్యన్త్యధర్మజ్ఞా అధిరుహ్యోత్తమాసనమ్ ॥ ౩౮ ॥
śūdrāḥ pratigrahīṣyanti
[shoodraah pratigraheeshyanti]
tapo-veṣopajīvinaḥ
[tapo-veshopajeevinah]
dharmaṁ vakṣyanty adharma-jṣā
[dharmam vakshyanty adharma-jshaa]
adhiruhyottamāsanam
[adhiruhyottamaasanam]
śūdrāḥ — lowly, common workers pratigrahīṣyanti — will accept religious charity tapaḥ — by shows of austerity veṣa — and by dressing as mendicants upajīvinaḥ — earning their living dharmam — the principles of religion vakṣyanti — will speak about adharma-jṣāḥ — those who know nothing about religion adhiruhya — mounting uttama-āsanam — a high seat.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
śūdrāḥ pratigrahīṣyanti
śūdrāḥ
lowly, common workers
pratigrahīṣyanti
will accept religious charity
tapo-veṣopajīvinaḥ
tapaḥ
by shows of austerity
veṣa
and by dressing as mendicants
upajīvinaḥ
earning their living
dharmaṁ vakṣyanty adharma-jṣā
dharmam
the principles of religion
vakṣyanti
will speak about
adharma-jṣāḥ
those who know nothing about religion
adhiruhyottamāsanam
adhiruhya
mounting
uttama-āsanam
a high seat.
Uncultured men will accept charity on behalf of the Lord and will earn their livelihood by making a show of austerity and wearing a mendicant’s dress. Those who know nothing about religion will mount a high seat and presume to speak on religious principles.

The epidemic of bogus gurus, swamis, priests and so forth is explicitly described here.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Śūdras will accept charity and will earn their livelihood by making a show of austerity and wearing a mendicant's dress. Those who know nothing about religion will mount a high seat and presume to speak on religious principles.
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