Persons belonging to the mixed castes beget upon wives taken from their own castes children invested with their position. When they procreate children in women taken from other inferior castes, such children become inferior to their fathers, for they become invested with the position of their mothers.
एतेऽपि सदृशान् वर्णान् जनयन्ति स्वयोनिषु। मातृजात्याः प्रसूयन्ते ह्यवरा हीनयोनिषु॥