Dear Indologists and Friends, A friend and colleague, Ramdas Lamb, has drawn my attention to, and asked me about the source, of a half-verse, which he has heard quoted a lot in Ramanandi circles in India.  He is doing some very interesting ethnographic work on the evolution of this order, and told me about several inter-caste, Vedic पाठशालाs they have recently established, incorporating sometimes even dalits, women, and adivasis.  I have a feeling one of you knows the source. Thanks for your time. भवदीयः,J  

जन्मतो जायते शूद्रः संस्काराद्द्विज उच्यते


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Jesse Ross Knutson PhD
Assistant Professor of Sanskrit and Bengali, Department of Indo-Pacific Languages and Literatures
University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
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