Chapter 18. Conclusion--The Perfection of Renunciation
TEXT 44
krsi-go-raksya-vanijyam
vaisya-karma svabhava-jam
paricaryatmakam karma
sudrasyapi svabhava-jam
SYNONYMS
krsi--plowing;
go--cows; raksya--protection; vanijyam--trade; vaisya--vaisya;
karma--duty; svabhava-jam--born of his own nature; paricarya--service;
atmakam--nature; karma--duty; sudrasya--of the sudra;
api--also; svabhava-jam--born of his own nature.
TRANSLATION
Farming,
cow protection and business are the qualities of work for the vaisyas,
and for the sudras there is labor and service to others.
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