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61.
But that kingdom in which such bastards, sullying (the purity of)
the castes, are born, perishes quickly together with its
inhabitants.
62.
Dying, without the expectation of a reward, for the sake of Brahmana
and of cows, or in the defence of women and children, secures
beatitude to those excluded (from the Aryan community, vahya.)
63.
Abstention from injuring (creatures), veracity, abstention from
unlawfully appropriating (the goods of others), purity, and control
of the organs, Manu has declared to be the summary of the law for
the four castes.
64.
If (a female of the caste), sprung from a Brahmana and a Sudra
female, bear (children) to one of the highest caste, the inferior
(tribe) attains the highest caste within the seventh generation.
65.
(Thus) a Sudra attains the rank of a Brahmana, and (in a similar
manner) a Brahmana sinks to the level of a Sudra; but know that it
is the same with the off-spring of a Kshatriya or of a Vaisya.
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