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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 9, Ch. 2]
yasya yal lakṣaṇaṁ proktaṁ puṁso varṇābhivyañjakam yad anyatrāpi drśyeta tat tenaiva vinirdiśet
If the qualities of one group are found in the men of another, those men should be recognized by their qualities, by their symptoms, not by the caste of the family in which they were born. Birth is not at all important; it is one's qualities that are stressed in all Vedic literature.
TEXT 18
वसोः प्रतीकस्तत्पुत्र ओघवानोघवत्पिता । कन्या चौघवती नाम सुदर्शन उवाह ताम् ॥१८॥
vasoḥ pratīkas tat-putra oghavān oghavat-pitā kanyā caughavatī nāma sudarśana uvāha tām
vasoḥ—of Vasu; pratīkaḥ—named Pratīka; tat-putraḥ—his son; oghavān—named Oghavān; oghavat-pitā—who was the father of Oghavān; kanyā—his daughter; ca—also; oghavatī—Oghavatī; nāma—by the name; sudarśanaḥ—Sudarśana; uvāha—married; tām—that daughter (Oghavatī).
TRANSLATION
The son of Vasu was Pratīka, whose son was Oghavān. Oghavān's son was also known as Oghavān, and his daughter was Oghavatī. Sudarśana married that daughter.
TEXT 19
चित्रसेनो नरिष्यन्तादृक्षस्तस्य सुतोऽभवत् । तस्य मीढ्वांस्ततः पूर्ण इन्द्रसेनस्तु तत्सुतः ॥१९॥