BG - 18.44

कृषिगौरक्ष्यवाणिज्यं वैश्यकर्म स्वभावजम्।परिचर्यात्मकं कर्म शूद्रस्यापि स्वभावजम्।।18.44।।

kṛiṣhi-gau-rakṣhya-vāṇijyaṁ vaiśhya-karma svabhāva-jam paricharyātmakaṁ karma śhūdrasyāpi svabhāva-jam

• kṛiṣhi - agriculture
• gau-rakṣhya - dairy farming
• vāṇijyam - commerce
• vaiśhya - of the mercantile and farming class
• karma - work
• svabhāva-jam - born of one’s intrinsic qualities
• paricharyā - serving through work
• ātmakam - natural
• karma - duty
• śhūdrasya - of the worker class
• api - and
• svabhāva-jam - born of one’s intrinsic qualities

Translation

Agriculture, cattle-rearing, and trade are the duties of the Vaisya (merchant), born of their own nature; and service is the duty of the Sudra (servant-class), born of their own nature.

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