Thereupon, O descendant of the Bharata race, the particular classes of persons, that is these born of (superior father marrying an inferior mother, or of a inferior father marrying a superior mother), have all originated from these four classes by means of their union with one another.
तेभ्यो वर्णविशेषाश्च प्रतिलोमानुलोमजाः॥ अथान्योन्यस्य संयोगाचातुर्वर्ण्यस्य भारत।