ब्राह्मणक्षत्रियविशां शूद्राणां च परन्तप | कर्माणि प्रविभक्तानि स्वभावप्रभवैर्गुणैः ||१८-४१||
brāhmaṇakṣatriyaviśāṃ śūdrāṇāṃ ca parantapa . karmāṇi pravibhaktāni svabhāvaprabhavairguṇaiḥ ||18-41||
- brāhmaṇa
- of the brāhmaṇas
- kṣatriya
- the kṣatriyas
- viśām
- and the vaiśyas
- śūdrāṇām
- of the śūdras
- ca
- and
- param-tapa
- O subduer of the enemies
- karmāṇi
- the activities
- pravibhaktāni
- are divided
- svabhāva
- their own nature
- prabhavaiḥ
- born of
- guṇaiḥ
- by the modes of material nature
Brāhmaṇas, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas and śūdras are distinguished by the qualities born of their own natures in accordance with the material modes, O chastiser of the enemy.