यस्य यल्लक्षणं प्रोक्तं पुंसो वर्णाभिव्यञ्जकम् । यदन्यत्रापि दृश्येत तत्तेनैव विनिर्दिशेत् ॥ ३५ ॥
yasya yal laksanam proktam pumso varnabhivyanjakam yad anyatrapi drsyeta tat tenaiva vinirdiset
- yasya
- of whom
- yat
- which
- laksanam
- symptom
- proktam
- described (above)
- pumsah
- of a person
- varna-abhivyanjakam
- indicating the classification (brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya, sudra, etc.)
- yat
- if
- anyatra
- elsewhere
- api
- also
- drsyeta
- is seen
- tat
- that
- tena
- by that symptom
- eva
- certainly
- vinirdiset
- one should designate.
If one shows the symptoms of being a brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya or sudra, as described above, even if he has appeared in a different class, he should be accepted according to those symptoms of classification.