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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 9, Ch. 15]
own oblation, had eaten that which was meant for her mother, she would give birth to a son imbued with the  kṣatriya  spirit. This was undesirable. The son of a  brāhmaṇa  is generally expected to become a  brāhmaṇa , but if such a son becomes fierce like a  kṣatriya , he is designated according to the description of the four  varṇas  in  Bhagavad-gītā  ( cātur-varṇyaṁ mayā sṛṣṭaṁ guṇa-karma-vibhāgaśaḥ ). If the son of a  brāhmaṇa  does not become like a  brāhmaṇa , he may be called a  kṣatriya ,  vaiśya  or  śūdra , according to his qualifications. The basic principle for dividing society is not a person's birth but his qualities and actions.
TEXT 11
प्रसादितः सत्यवत्या मैवं भूरिति भार्गवः । अथ तर्हि भवेत् पौत्रो जमदग्निस्ततोऽभवत् ॥११॥
prasāditaḥ satyavatyā   maivaṁ bhūr iti bhārgavaḥ   atha tarhi bhavet pautro   jamadagnis tato 'bhavat
prasāditaḥ —pacified;  satyavatyā —by Satyavatī;  mā —not;  evam —thus;  bhūḥ —let it be;  iti —thus;  bhārgavaḥ —the great sage;  atha —if your son should not become like that;  tarhi —then;  bhavet —should become like that;  pautraḥ —the grandson;  jamadagniḥ —Jamadagni;  tataḥ —thereafter;  abhavat —was born.
TRANSLATION
Satyavatī, however, pacified Rcika Muni with peaceful words and requested that her son not be like a fierce  kṣatriya . Rcika Muni replied, “Then your grandson will be of a  kṣatriya  spirit.” Thus Jamadagni was born as the son of Satyavatī.
PURPORT
The great sage Rcika was very angry, but somehow or other Satyavatī pacified him, and at her request he changed his mind. It is indicated here that the son of Jamadagni would be born as Paraśurāma.