BG - 18.41

ब्राह्मणक्षत्रियविशां शूद्राणां च परंतप।कर्माणि प्रविभक्तानि स्वभावप्रभवैर्गुणैः।।18.41।।

brāhmaṇa-kṣhatriya-viśhāṁ śhūdrāṇāṁ cha parantapa karmāṇi pravibhaktāni svabhāva-prabhavair guṇaiḥ

• brāhmaṇa - of the priestly class
• kṣhatriya - the warrior and administrative class
• viśhām - the mercantile and farming class
• śhūdrāṇām - of the worker class
• cha - and
• parantapa - Arjun, subduer of the enemies
• karmāṇi - duties
• pravibhaktāni - distributed
• svabhāva-prabhavaiḥ-guṇaiḥ - work based on one’s nature and guṇas

Translation

Of Brahmanas, Kshatriyas, Vaisyas, and Sudras, O Arjuna, the duties are distributed according to the qualities born of their own nature.

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