Origin of the four castes; their primitive state - Verse 2
Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · 1 · Verse 6.2
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Sanskrit Original
यथा च वर्णान असृजद यद्गुणांश च महामुने यच च तेषां स्मृतं कर्म विप्रादीनां तद उच्यताम ।।
yathā ca varṇān asṛjad yadguṇāṃś ca mahāmune yac ca teṣāṃ smṛtaṃ karma viprādīnāṃ tad ucyatām ||
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Just as the great sage created the varnas (social classes) and their qualities, let the actions of the learned ones be described.