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'from him there was descended a Kaitraratha who was a prince. All this favours the inference that Abhipratarin was a Kaitraratha and a Kshattriya. So far the Sutras have shown that there is no inferential mark to prove what is contradicted by reasoning, viz. the qualification of the Sudras.

This shows that there are connected with the vidya, Brahmanas, and from among non-Brahmanas, a Kshattriya only, but not a Sudra. It therefore appears appropriate to infer that the person, other than the Brahmana Raikva, who is likewise connected with this vidya, viz. Janasruti, is likewise a Kshattriya, not a Sudra. But how do we know that Abhipratarin is a Kaitraratha and a Kshattriya?

The above Sutra having declared that the kshattriya-hood of Janasruti is indicated in the introductory legend, the next Sutra shows that the same circumstance is indicated in the concluding legend. On account of the inferential sign further on, together with Kaitraratha.

The kshattriya-hood of Janasruti is further to be accepted on account of the Kshattriya Abhipratarin Kaitraratha, who is mentioned further on in this very same Samvargavidya which Raikva imparts to Janasruti. But why? As follows.