44 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 9, Ch. 2
yasya yal laksanam proktam
purso varnabhivyanjakam
yad anyatrapi drsyeta
tat tenaiva vinirdiset
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.
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vasoh pratikas tat-putra
oghavan oghavat-pita
kanya caughavati nama
sudarsana uvaha tam
vasoh—of Vasu; pratikah—named Pratika; tat-putrah—his son;
oghavan—named Oghavan; oghavat-pita—who was the father of
Oghavan; kanyd—his daughter; ca—also; oghavati—Oghavati;
nama—by the name; sudarsanah—Sudarsana; uvdha—married; tam—
that daughter (Oghavati).
TRANSLATION
The son of Vasu was Pratika, whose son was Oghavan. Oghavan’s
son was also known as Oghavan, and his daughter was Oghavati.
Sudarsana married that daughter.
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