Verse 53·VR 2.63.53

न द्विजातिर् अहम् राजन् मा भूत् ते मनसो व्यथा | शूद्रायाम् अस्मि वैश्येन जातः जन पद अधिप || २-६३-५३

jala aardra gaatram tu vilapya kR^icchaan | marma vraNam samtatam ucchasantam | tataH sarayvaam tam aham shayaanam | samiikShya bhadre subhR^isham viShaNNaH || 2-63-56

Translation

'O, king the ruler of the country! I am not a Brahmana. Let there be no agony in your mind. I am born through a Sudra woman by a Vysya.

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Dasaratha Narrates his Sin to Kausalya

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