The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c9.s5.5

c9.s5.5

Further, the *Sūkta* mentions the mouth twice but in two different positions. Similarly the feet are mentioned twice and this, again, in two different ways. In the first instance, the feet occupy the fourth place, and the Śūdra is supposed to have sprung from them. In the second instance, the feet occupy the fourth place, and the Śūdra arose the earth. In the first instance, the feet are the last to be mentioned, but in the second instance the feet have precedence before the ear which is the eighth in order.