From my feet the Shudras, one after the other, sprang up through my great energy. The Rig, the Sama, the Yaju and the Atharva Vedas,
पादौ शूद्रा भवन्तीमे विक्रमेण क्रमेण च। ऋग्वेदः सामवेदश्च यजुर्वेदोऽप्यथर्वणः॥