Gautama said I belong by birth to the Middle country. I live in a village of hunters. I have married a Shudra woman who had been a widow. What I tell you is the truth.
गौतम उवाच मध्यदेशप्रसूतोऽहं वासो मे शबरालये। शूद्रा पुनर्भूर्भार्या मे सत्यमेतद् ब्रवीमि ते॥