Chapter 18: Conclusion -- The Perfection of Renunciation

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Bhagavad-gita As It Is 18.44

krsi-go-raksya-vanijyam

vaisya-karma svabhava-jam

paricaryatmakam karma

sudrasyapi svabhava-jam

SYNONYMS

krsi -- plowing; go -- of cows; raksya -- protection; vanijyam -- trade; vaisya -- of a vaisya; karma -- duty; svabhava-jam -- born of his own nature; paricarya -- service; atmakam -- consisting of; karma -- duty; sudrasya -- of the sudra; api -- also; svabhava-jam -- born of his own nature.

TRANSLATION

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

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