Origin of the four castes; their primitive state - Verse 26
Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · 1 · Verse 6.26
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Sanskrit Original
ग्राम्यारण्याः स्मृता ह्य एता ओषध्यस तु चतुर्दश यज्ञनिष्पत्तये यज्ञस तथासां हेतुर उत्तमः ।।
grāmyāraṇyāḥ smṛtā hy etā oṣadhyas tu caturdaśa yajñaniṣpattaye yajñas tathāsāṃ hetur uttamaḥ ||
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The medicinal plants of the village forest are remembered as fourteen, and they are the best cause for the completion of the sacrifice.