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Bhagavad-gītā 18.44
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 44
- कृषिगौरक्ष्यवाणिज्यं वैश्यकर्म स्वभावजम् ।
- परिचर्यात्मकं कर्म शूद्रस्यापि स्वभावजम् ॥४४॥
- kṛṣi-go-rakṣya-vāṇijyaṁ
- vaiśya-karma svabhāva-jam
- paricaryātmakaṁ karma
- śūdrasyāpi svabhāva-jam
kṛṣiplowing — plowing; goof cows — of cows; rakṣyaprotection — protection; vāṇijyamtrade — trade; vaiśyaof a vaiśya — of a vaiśya; karmaduty — duty; svabhāvaborn of his own nature-jamborn of his own nature — born of his own nature; paricaryāservice — service; ātmakamconsisting of — consisting of; karmaduty — duty; śūdrasyaof the śūdra — of the śūdra; apialso — also; svabhāvaborn of his own nature-jamborn of his own nature — born of his own nature.
Farming, cow protection and business are the natural work for the vaiśyas, and for the śūdras there is labor and service to others.