BG 18 VERSE 44
कृषि गो रक्ष्य वाणिज्यं वैश्य कर्म स्वभाव जम्
परिचर्यात्मकं कर्म शूद्रस्यापि स्वभाव जम्
kṛṣi-go-rakṣya-vāṇijyaṃ
vaiśya-karma svabhāva-jam
paricaryātmakaṃ karma
śūdrasyāpi svabhāva-jam
SYNONYMS
kṛṣi: ploughing | go: cows | rakṣya: protection | vāṇijyam: trade | vaiśya: vaiśya | karma: duty | svabhāva-jam: born of his own nature. | paricaryā: service | ātmakam: nature | śūdrasya: of the śūdra | api: also |
TRANSLATION
Farming, cattle raising and business are the qualities of work for the vaiśyas, and for the śūdras there is labor and service to others.
