ves1113098 of equal caste are recommended1113098 but for those who through desire proceed 1113098to marry again1113098 the following females1113098 1113098chosen1113098 according to the 1113098direct1113098 order 1113098of the castes11130981113098 are most approved1113098 111309811130981113098 It is de1113098 clared that a Sudra woman alone 1113098can be1113098 the wife of a Sudra1113098 she and one of his own caste 1113098the wives1113098 of a Vaisya1113098 those two and one of his own caste 1113098the wives1113098 of a Kshatriya1113098 those three and one of his own caste 1113098the wives1113098 of a Brahmana1113098 111309811130981113098 A Sudra woman is not men1113098 tioned even in any 1113098ancient1113098 story as the 11130981113098rst1113098 wife of a Brahmana or of a Kshatriya1113098 though they lived in the 1113098greatest1113098 distress1113098 111309811130981113098 Twice1113098born men who1113098 in their folly1113098 wed wives of the low 1113098Sudra1113098 caste1113098 so on degrade their families and their children to the state of Sudras1113098 111309811130981113098 According to Atri and to 1113098Gautama1113098 the son of Utathya1113098 he who weds a Sudra woman b ecomes an out1113098 cast1113098 according to Saunaka on the birth of a son1113098 and according to Bhrigu he who has 1113098male1113098 o1113098spring from a 1113098Sudra female1113098 alone11130981113098 111309811130981113098 A Brahmana who takes a Sudra wife to his bed1113098 will 1113098after death1113098 sink into hell1113098 if he b egets a child by her1113098 he will lose the rank of a Brahmana1113098 111309811130981113098 The manes and the gods will not eat the 1113098o1113098erings1113098 of that man who performs the rites in honour of the go ds1113098 of the manes1113098 and of guests chie1113098y with a 1113098Sudra wife1113098s1113098 assistance1113098 and such 1113098a man1113098 will