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GAUTAMA.
IV, 26.
26. As well as (those born in the regular order) from a female of the Sûdra caste.
27. But he whom a Sûdra (begets) on a female of unequal caste shall be treated like an outcast.
28. The last (named, the Kandâla), is the foulest. .
29. Virtuous sons (born of wives of equal caste) and wedded according to approved rites sanctify (their father's family).
30. (A son born of a wife married) according to the Årsha rite (saves) three ancestors (from hell),
31. (A son born of a wife married) according to the Daiva rite ten,
32. (A son born of a wife married) according to the Prâgâpatya rite, also ten.
33. (But) the son of a wife married according to the Brâhma rite (saves) ten ancestors, ten descendants, and himself.
CHAPTER V.
1. (A householder) shall approach (his wife) in the proper season,
2. Or (he may do so) at any time except on the forbidden (days).
26. Manu X, 68.
27. "Shall be treated like an outcast," i.e. one must avoid to look at him, &c., just as in the case of an outcast.'—-Haradatta.
28. Maru X, 51-56. 30. Manu III, 38; Yâgñ. I, 59. 31. Manu III, 38; Yagñ. I, 59. 32. Manu III, 38; Yâgñ. I, 60. 33. Manu III, 37; Yâgñ. I, 58. V. 1. Âpastamba II, 1, 1, 17. 2. Âpastamba II, 1, 1, 18.
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