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  "name":"Bg. 18.44",
  "h1":"Bg. 18.44",
  "label":"Text 44",
  "title":"Bhagavad-gītā As It Is 18.44",
  "description":"Farming, cow protection and business are the qualities of work for the vaiśyas, and for the śūdras there is labor and service to others.",
  "image":"books:bg:plate42.jpg"

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Bg. 18.44

कृषिगौरक्ष्यवाणिज्यं वैश्यकर्म स्वभावजम् ।
परिचर्यात्मकं कर्म शूद्रस्यापि स्वभावजम् ॥४४॥

Text

kṛṣi-go-rakṣya-vāṇijyaṁ
vaiśya-karma svabhāva-jam
paricaryātmakaṁ karma
śūdrasyāpi svabhāva-jam

Synonyms

kṛṣi—ploughing; go—cows; rakṣya—protection; vāṇijyam—trade; vaiśya—vaiśya; karma—duty; svabhāva-jam—born of his own nature; paricaryā—service; ātmakam—nature; karma—duty; śūdrasya—of the śūdra; api—also; svabhāva-jam—born of his own nature.

Translation

Farming, cow protection and business are the qualities of work for the vaiśyas, and for the śūdras there is labor and service to others.