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Chapter 13.48 - Verse 16

Sanskrit Text

ते चापि सदृशं वर्णं जनयन्ति स्वयोनिषु परस्परस्य वर्तन्तो जनयन्ति विगर्हितान्

English Translation

When such children beget sons in women, taken from their own classes, those sons take the position of their fathers. It is only when they take wives from castes other than their own, that the children they beget, become invested with inferior position.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

एते | ऽपि | सदृशं | वर्णं | जनयन्ति | स्व + योनि
परस्परस्य | वर्तन्तो | जनयन्ति | विगर्हितान्