O Brahmin, this is not a dispute about the sacred thread; rather, I have been cut down indiscriminately.

This couplet addresses an ascetic (Vipra) regarding a damaged sacred thread (Janeu). The speaker is preemptively clearing his name. He is telling the ascetic that the damage was not the result of a deliberate fight or confrontation, but rather that the thread was cut haphazardly, randomly, and accidentally. It speaks to the vulnerability of sacred bonds to unforeseen, mundane accidents.