[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v2.c19.10 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.10 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.10 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.10) ⁵³ यो दासं वर्णमधरं गुहा कः। ऋ. II. 12.4; उभौ वर्णावुपिऋषः पुपोष। ऋ. I. 179.6. Here Sāyaṇa interprets 'varṇau' as 'kāma' and 'tapas,' but this is far-fetched and it appears better to take the passage as meaning that Agastya supported both Āryas and dāsas. The words cannot reasonably be taken to refer to Brāhmaṇa and Kṣatriya since there was no difference of colour between the two and since varṇas have been four and not two. - [Previous: v2.c19.9.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.9.11) - [Next: v2.c19.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.11) - [Up: v2.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19) ## Linked texts (1) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.2.12.4) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.10) · Pramāṇa