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Chapter 13.48
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Sanskrit Text
भार्याश्चतस्रो
विप्रस्य
द्वयोरात्मास्य
जायते
।
आनुपूर्व्याद्द्वयोर्हीनौ
मातृजात्यौ
प्रसूयतः
॥
English Translation
The Brahmana may take four wives, one from each of the four castes. In two of them, he takes birth himself. Those sons, however, who are begotten by him on the two other inferior, (viz., Vaishya and Shudra), are inferior, their position being settled not by that of their father but by that of their mothers.
Padaccheda (Word Analysis)
भार्या + चतुर् | विप्रस्य | द्वयोर् | आत्मन् + इदम् | जायते
आनुपूर्व्याद् | द्वयोर् | हीनौ | मातृ + जात्य | प्रसूयतः
आनुपूर्व्याद् | द्वयोर् | हीनौ | मातृ + जात्य | प्रसूयतः