Not having anybody to own him, he becomes his who rcars hiin. Such son, again, comes to be considered as belonging to that castes to which his owner or rearer belongs.
अस्वामिकस्य स्वामित्वं यस्मिन् सम्प्रति लक्ष्यते। यो वर्ण: पोषयेत् तं च तद्वर्णस्तस्य जायते॥