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शूद्राद् आयोगव क्षत्त चण्डालाः ॥

Sons begotten by a Súdra on women of higher castes are Ayogava, Kshatta, and Chandála.

english translation

वैश्यान् मागध वैदेहकौ ॥

by a Vaisya, Mágadha, and Vaidehaka.

english translation

क्षत्रियात् सूतः ॥

and by a Kshatriya, Súta.

english translation

पौराणिकस् त्व् अन्यः सूतो मागधश् च, ब्रह्म क्षत्राद् विशेषः ॥

But men of the, names, Súta and Mágadha, celebrated in the Puránas, are quite different and of greater merit than either Bráhmans or Kshatriyas.

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त एते प्रतिलोमाः स्वधर्म अतिक्रमाद् राज्ञः सम्भवन्ति ॥

The above kinds of sons are pratiloma, sons begotten by men of lower on women of higher castes, and originate on account of kings violating all dharmas.

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