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Origin of the four castes; their primitive state - Verse 25

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · 1 · Verse 6.25

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Sanskrit Original

श्यामाकास त्व अथ नीवारा जर्तिलाः सगवेधुकाः तथा वेणुयवाः प्रोक्तास तद्वन मर्कटका मुने ।।

śyāmākās tv atha nīvārā jartilāḥ sagavedhukāḥ tathā veṇuyavāḥ proktās tadvan markaṭakā mune ||

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The dark sky, then the Nivara trees, and the Jartila plants, as well as the Venuya plants, are said to be in that forest, O sage.