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Rigveda 10.90.12

Ṛgvedasaṃhitā 10.90.12

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10.90.12

brā̱hma̱ṇo̍ 'sya̱ mukha̍m āsīd bā̱hū rā̍ja̱nya̍ḥ kṛ̱taḥ |
ū̱rū tad a̍sya̱ yad vaiśya̍ḥ pa̱dbhyāṁ śū̱dro a̍jāyata ||

The Brâhman was his mouth, of both his arms was the Râjanya made. His thighs became the Vaiṣya, from his feet the Ṣûdra was produced.

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1889, The Hymns of the Rigveda

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