The following order is reversed in the modern age.
"116. [Men] are to be honoured in the gradation following,—in respect of learning, conduct, years, family, property. Even a Śúdrá, if he excel in these respects, is in old age worthy of honour. (P 19 of 143)
EXCERPT FROM
Yájnavalkya. “Hindu Law and Judicature / from the Dharma-Sástra of Yájnavalkya.” iBooks.
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