Chapter 18 · Verse 44The Yoga of Liberation and Renunciation
Bhagavad Gita 18.44
BG 18.44 — Chapter 18 (The Yoga of Liberation and Renunciation), Verse 44, with Sanskrit, transliteration & translation.
कृषिगौरक्ष्यवाणिज्यं वैश्यकर्म स्वभावजम् | परिचर्यात्मकं कर्म शूद्रस्यापि स्वभावजम् ||१८-४४||
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kṛṣigaurakṣyavāṇijyaṃ vaiśyakarma svabhāvajam . paricaryātmakaṃ karma śūdrasyāpi svabhāvajam ||18-44||
Roman: krshigaurakshyavanijyam vaishyakarma svabhavajam . paricaryatmakam karma shudrasyapi svabhavajam
Agriculture, cattle-rearing and trade are the duties of the Vaisya (merchant), born of (their own) nature; and action consisting of service is the duty of the Sudra (servant-class), born of (their own) nature.