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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.22.38
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 38
- yaḥ pṛṣṭo munibhiḥ prāha
- dharmān nānā-vidhāñ chubhān
- nṛṇāṁ varṇāśramāṇāṁ ca
- sarva-bhūta-hitaḥ sadā
yaḥwho — who; pṛṣṭaḥbeing questioned — being questioned; munibhiḥby the sages — by the sages; prāhaspoke — spoke; dharmānthe duties — the duties; nānāmany varieties-vidhānmany varieties — many varieties; śubhānauspicious — auspicious; nṛṇāmof human society — of human society; varṇaof the varṇas and āśramas-āśramāṇāmof the varṇas and āśramas — of the varṇas and āśramas; caand — and; sarvafor all living beings-bhūtafor all living beings — for all living beings; hitaḥwho does welfare — who does welfare; sadāalways — always.
In reply to questions asked by certain sages, he [Svāyambhuva Manu], out of compassion for all living entities, taught the diverse sacred duties of men in general and the different varṇas and āśramas.