[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.c19.383 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.383 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.383 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.383](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.383) ²¹³ तस्मात्क्षत्रिय मा संस्था जल्पितेनैव वै द्विजम् । य एव सत्यान्नापैति स ज्ञेयो ब्राह्मणस्त्वया ॥ उद्योगपर्व 43. 49; यस्तु शूद्रो दमे सत्ये धर्मे च सततोत्थितः। तं ब्राह्मणमहं मन्ये वृत्तेन हि भवेद् द्विजः ॥ वनपर्व 216. 14-15; न जातिः पूज्यते राजन्गुणाः कल्याणकारकाः। चण्डालमपि वृत्तस्थं तं देवा ब्राह्मणं विदुः ॥ वृद्धगौतम p. 632; but the परा. मा. II part 1 p. 228 says 'जातिशीलयोर्मध्ये जात्युत्कर्ष एव प्राधान्येनोपादेयः। शीलं तु यथासंभवम्।' - [Previous: v2.c19.382](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.382) - [Next: v2.c19.384](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.384) - [Up: v2.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.5.43) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.383](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.383) · Pramāṇa