Origin of the four castes; their primitive state - Verse 17
Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · 1 · Verse 6.17
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Sanskrit Original
तासु क्षीणास्व अशेषासु वर्धमाने च पातके द्वन्द्वाभिभवदुःखार्तास ता भवन्ति ततः प्रजाः ।।
tāsu kṣīṇāsv aśeṣāsu vardhamāne ca pātake dvandvābhibhavaduḥkhārtās tā bhavanti tataḥ prajāḥ ||
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Among those diminished and entirely afflicted, as sins increase, the beings become afflicted by the duality of suffering.