धृष्टाद्धार्ष्टमभूत्क्षत्रं ब्रह्मभूयं गतं क्षितौ ।
नृगस्य वंशः सुमतिर् भूतज्योतिस्ततो वसुः ॥ १७ ॥
dhrstad dharstam abhut ksatram
brahma-bhuyam gatam ksitau
dhrstat-from Dhrsta, another son of Manu; dharstam-a caste of the name Dharsta; abhut-was produced; ksatram-belonging to the ksatriya group; brahma-bhuyam-the position of brahmanas; gatam-had achieved; ksitau-on the surface of the world; nrgasya-of Nrga, another son of Manu; vamsah-the dynasty; sumatih-of the name Sumati; bhutajyotih-of the name Bhutajyoti; tatah-thereafter; vasuh-by the name Vasu.
From the son of
Manu named
Dhrsta came a
ksatriya caste called Dharsta, whose members achieved the position of brahmanas in this world. Then, from the son of Manu named
Nrga came Sumati. From Sumati came Bhutajyoti, and from Bhutajyoti came
Vasu.
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.