Mahabharat

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शूद्रयॊनौ हि जातस्य सवगुणान उपतिष्ठतः वैश्यत्वं भवति बरह्मन कषत्रियत्वं तथैव च ।। ३-२०३-११ ।।

sanskrit

'O Brahmana, even one born in the Sudra caste, if endowed with noble qualities, may attain the status of a Vaisya, and with further refinement, that of a Kshatriya.' ।। 3-203-11 ।।

english translation

zUdrayònau hi jAtasya savaguNAna upatiSThataH vaizyatvaM bhavati barahmana kaSatriyatvaM tathaiva ca || 3-203-11 ||

hk transliteration