Origin of the four castes; their primitive state - Verse 5
Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · 1 · Verse 6.5
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Sanskrit Original
पद्भ्याम अन्याः प्रजा ब्रह्मा ससर्ज द्विजसत्तम तमःप्रधानास ताः सर्वाश चातुर्वर्ण्यम इदं ततः ।।
padbhyām anyāḥ prajā brahmā sasarja dvijasattama tamaḥpradhānās tāḥ sarvāś cāturvarṇyam idaṃ tataḥ ||
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From his feet, Brahma created other beings, O best of the twice-born. Thus, from the predominance of darkness, all the four varnas emerged.