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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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