Manusmriti

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यथा त्रयाणां वर्णानां द्वयोरात्माऽस्य जायते । आनन्तर्यात् स्वयोन्यां तु तथा बाह्येष्वपि क्रमात् ॥ २८ ॥

sanskrit

As a (Brahmana) begets on (females of) two out of the three (twice-born castes a son similar to) himself, (but inferior) on account of the lower degree (of the mother), and (one equal to himself) on a female of his own race, even so is the order in the case of the excluded (races, vahya).

english translation

yathA trayANAM varNAnAM dvayorAtmA'sya jAyate | AnantaryAt svayonyAM tu tathA bAhyeSvapi kramAt || 28 ||

hk transliteration