Anushasana Parva 49.25
Rahular Itihasa / M. N. Dutt · Anushasana Parva Chapter 49 · Verse 25
Sanskrit Original
तावपि स्वाविव सुतौ संस्कार्याविति निश्चयः। श्रेत्रजो वाप्यपसदो येऽध्यूढास्तेषु चाप्युत॥ आत्मवद् वै प्रयुञ्जीरन् संस्कारान् ब्राह्मणादयः। धर्मशास्त्रेषु वर्णानां निश्चयोऽयं प्रदृश्यते॥ एतत् ते सर्वमाख्यातं किं भूयः श्रोतुमिच्छसि॥
Even these two, however, should receive the same rites of purification that sanctioned for the sons begotten by the father in lawful marriage. In respect of the son who becomes his fathers on account of his birth in the father's soil, and of those sons who are called Apsadas, and those conceived by the wife in her maidenhood but brought forth after marriage, Brahmanas and others should apply the same rites of purification that are in vogue in their own castes. These are the conclusions that are seen in the scriptures about the different castes. I have thus told you everything of your questions. What else do you wish to hear?