Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Bhagavad-gītā As It Is 18.44

kṛṣi-go-rakṣya-vāṇijyaḿ

vaiśya-karma svabhāva-jam

paricaryātmakaḿ karma

śūdrasyāpi svabhāva-jam

SYNONYMS

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.

TRANSLATION

Farming, cow protection and business are the natural work for the vaiśyas, and for the śūdras there is labor and service to others.

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