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Manusmriti 10.67

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 10.67

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Sanskrit

10.67

jāto nāryām anāryāyām āryād āryo bhaved guṇaiḥ
jāto 'py anāryād āryāyām anārya iti niścayaḥ //

The decision is as follows: 'He who was begotten by an Aryan on a non-Aryan female, may become (like to) an Aryan by his virtues; he whom an Aryan (mother) bore to a non-Aryan father (is and remains) unlike to an Aryan.'

Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu

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