Sūta Narrated: On account of the (mingling) activity of the lower and the upper, the progeny became one mixed in caste as in the case of one born of the womb of a Brāhmaṇa lady from a source of origin belonging to a lower caste viz. from a Kṣatriya. The Sūta has similarity with the previous earlier one and hence it is mentioned that he has the same duties as the previous one (i.e. the Brahman). It is the middle dharma of Sūta, the duties of Kṣatriyas. (He has these duties also) viz. looking after and maintaining chariots, elephants and horses. Practice of medicine is the lowliest duty. It was for the sake of eulogising Pṛthu that both of them were called there by the great sages.