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Manusmriti 10.24

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 10.24

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Sanskrit

10.24

vyabhicāreṇa varṇānām avedyāvedanena ca
svakarmaṇāṃ ca tyāgena jāyante varṇasaṃkarāḥ //

By adultery (committed by persons) of (different) castes, by marriages with women who ought not to be married, and by the neglect of the duties and occupations (prescribed) to each, are produced (sons who owe their origin) to a confusion the castes.

Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu

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