Shloka 11
गोमूल्यनिर्णयः — The Determination of Value through the Cow
Nahuṣa–Cyavana Episode
शूद्रश्नाण्डालमत्युग्रं वध्यघ्नं बाह्वासिनम् । ब्राह्मण्यां सम्प्रजायन्त इत्येते कुलपांसना: । एते मतिमतां श्रेष्ठ वर्णसंकरजा: प्रभो
śūdraś caṇḍālam atyugraṃ vadhyaghnaṃ bāhvāsinam | brāhmaṇyāṃ samprajāyanta ity ete kulapāṃsanāḥ | ete matimatāṃ śreṣṭha varṇasaṅkarajāḥ prabho ||
毗湿摩说道：“首陀罗由婆罗门女所生者，乃极其凶暴的旃陀罗——居于聚落之外，被役使于杀戮或行刑，处置被判死罪之人。噢主上，智者之最！凡卑贱之男与婆罗门女相合而生的此类子嗣，皆被视为玷污家族之人，称为‘由种姓混杂而生’（varṇa-saṅkara）。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma presents a dharma-śāstra style warning that unions crossing prescribed varṇa boundaries—especially a ‘low’ man with a Brāhmaṇī—are said to produce socially stigmatized offspring termed varṇa-saṅkara, viewed as a blemish upon lineage and linked with marginal occupations.
In his instruction to Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and social norms, Bhīṣma lists types of offspring described in traditional classifications of mixed unions, here stating that a Śūdra with a Brāhmaṇī produces a Caṇḍāla who lives outside the village and performs executions.