Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 4
Sanskrit:
ममैतद् दुर्लभं मन्य उत्तम:श्लोकदर्शनम् ।विषयात्मनो यथा ब्रह्मकीर्तनं शूद्रजन्मन: ॥ ४ ॥
ITRANS:
mamaitad durlabhaṁ manyauttamaḥ-śloka-darśanamviṣayātmano yathā brahma-kīrtanaṁ śūdra-janmanaḥ
Translation:
Since I am a materialistic person absorbed simply in sense gratification, I think it is as difficult for me to have gotten this opportunity to see Lord Uttamaḥśloka as it would be for one born a śūdra to be allowed to recite the Vedic mantras.