Chapter 18: Conclusion-The Perfection of Renunciation
Bg 18.44
TEXT 44
krsi-go-raksya-vanijyam
vaisya-karma svabhava-jam
paricaryatmakam karma
sudrasyapi svabhava-jam
SYNONYMS
krsi—ploughing; go—cows; raksya—protection; vanijyam—trade; vaisya-vaisya; karma—duty; svabhava-jam—born of his own nature; paricarya—service; atmakam—nature; karma—duty; sudrasya—of the sudra; api—also; svabhava-jam—born of his own nature.
TRANSLATION
Farming, cattle raising and business are the qualities of work for the vaisyas, and for the sudras there is labor and service to others.