Manu Smriti - Hindu Online

Chapter 10
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10.1. Let the three twice-born castes (varna), discharging their (prescribed) duties, study (the Veda); but among
them the Brahmana (alone) shall teach it, not the other two; that is an established rule.
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10.2. The Brahmana must know the means of subsistence (prescribed) by law for all, instruct the others, and
himself live according to (the law)
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10.3. On account of his pre-eminence, on account of the superiority of his origin, on account of his observance
of (particular) restrictive rules, and on account of his particular sanctification the Brahmana is the lord of (all)
castes (varna).
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10.4. Brahmana, the Kshatriya, and the Vaisya castes (varna) are the twice-born ones, but the fourth, the Sudra,
has one birth only; there is no fifth (caste).
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10.5. In all castes (varna) those (children) only which are begotten in the direct order on wedded wives, equal
(in caste and married as) virgins, are to be considered as belonging to the same caste (as their fathers)
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10.6. Sons, begotten by twice-born man on wives of the next lower castes, they declare to be similar (to their
fathers, but) blamed on account of the fault (inherent) in their mothers.
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10.7. Such is the eternal law concerning (children) born of wives one degree lower (than their husbands); know
(that) the following rule (is applicable) to those born of women two or three degrees lower.
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10.8. From a Brahmana a with the daughter of a Vaisya is born (a son) called an Ambashtha, with the daughter
of a sudra a Nishada, who is also called Parasava.
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10.9. From a Kshatriya and the daughter of a Sudra springs a being, called Ugra, resembling both a Kshatriya
and a Sudra, ferocious in his manners, and delighting in cruelty.
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