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Liberation Through Surrender
ब्राह्मणक्षत्रियविशां शूद्राणां च परंतप।कर्माणि प्रविभक्तानि स्वभावप्रभवैर्गुणैः
brāhmaṇa-kṣhatriya-viśhāṁ śhūdrāṇāṁ cha parantapa karmāṇi pravibhaktāni svabhāva-prabhavair guṇaiḥ
O Arjuna! The duties of spiritual teachers, the soldiers, the traders, and the servants have all been fixed according to the dominant quality in their nature.
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
dutysouldeathactionnaturewarcontrolsacrifice
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