Manusmriti

Progress:81.8%

निषादो मार्गवं सूते दासं नौकर्मजीविनम् । कैवर्तमिति यं प्राहुरार्यावर्तनिवासिनः ॥ ३४ ॥

sanskrit

A Nishada begets (on the same) a Margava (or) Dasa, who subsists by working as a boatman, (and) whom the inhabitants of Aryavarta call a Kaivarta.

english translation

niSAdo mArgavaM sUte dAsaM naukarmajIvinam | kaivartamiti yaM prAhurAryAvartanivAsinaH || 34 ||

hk transliteration