अपश्यन्तस्तु ते सर्वे विशेषमधिकं ततः॥ स्थापनं चक्रिरे तत्र चातुर्वर्ण्यस्य संमतम्।
apaśyantastu te sarve viśeṣamadhikaṃ tataḥ|| sthāpanaṃ cakrire tatra cāturvarṇyasya saṃmatam|
English Meaning
Thus in the Tretā age, not beholding prominence of the Brāhmaṇas greater than that of the Kşatriyas, Manu and other religious leaders of the time composed the Sastra describing and setting in the four divisions of castes.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)