Chapter 18 : Conclusion – The Perfection of Renunciation , Verse 44
Original verse
कृषिगौरक्ष्यवाणिज्यं वैश्यकर्म स्वभावजम् ।
परिचर्यात्मकं कर्म शूद्रस्यापि स्वभावजम्
English transliteration
kṛṣi-go-rakṣya-vāṇijyaṁ
vaiśya-karma svabhāva-jam
paricaryātmakaṁ karma
śūdrasyāpi svabhāva-jam
Word by word meaning
kṛṣi — plowing; go — of cows; rakṣya — protection; vāṇijyam — trade; vaiśya — of a vaiśya; karma — duty; svabhāva-jam — born of his own nature; paricaryā — service; ātmakam — consisting of; karma — duty; śūdrasya — of the śūdra; api — also; svabhāva-jam — born of his own nature.
English translation
Farming, cow protection and business are the natural work for the vaiśyas, and for the śūdras there are labor and service to others.
Purport
The Lord here summarizes the total influence of the three modes of material nature all over the universe.
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