Origin of the four castes; their primitive state - Verse 37
Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · 1 · Verse 6.37
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Sanskrit Original
सप्तर्षीणां तु यत स्थानं स्मृतं तद वै वनौकसाम प्राजापत्यं गृहस्थानां ब्राह्मं संन्यासिनां स्मृतम ।।
saptarṣīṇāṃ tu yat sthānaṃ smṛtaṃ tad vai vanaukasām prājāpatyaṃ gṛhasthānāṃ brāhmaṃ saṃnyāsināṃ smṛtam ||
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The place remembered for the seven sages is indeed that of the forest-dwellers, and the Brahmins among householders and renunciates.