Manusmriti

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न शूद्रे पातकं किं चिन्न च संस्कारमर्हति । नास्याधिकारो धर्मेऽस्ति न धर्मात् प्रतिषेधनम् ॥ १२६ ॥

sanskrit

A Sudra cannot commit an offence, causing loss of caste (pataka), and he is not worthy to receive the sacraments; he has no right to (fulfil) the sacred law (of the Aryans, yet) there is no prohibition against (his fulfilling certain portions of) the law.

english translation

na zUdre pAtakaM kiM cinna ca saMskAramarhati | nAsyAdhikAro dharme'sti na dharmAt pratiSedhanam || 126 ||

hk transliteration