कृषिगौरक्ष्यवाणिज्यं वैश्यकर्म स्वभावजम् | परिचर्यात्मकं कर्म शूद्रस्यापि स्वभावजम् ||१८-४४||
kṛṣigaurakṣyavāṇijyaṃ vaiśyakarma svabhāvajam . paricaryātmakaṃ karma śūdrasyāpi svabhāvajam ||18-44||
- kṛṣi
- plowing
- go
- of cows
- rakṣya
- protection
- vāṇijyam
- trade
- vaiśya
- of a vaiśya
- karma
- duty
- svabhāva-jam
- born of his own nature
- paricaryā
- service
- ātmakam
- consisting of
- karma
- duty
- śūdrasya
- of the śūdra
- api
- also
- svabhāva-jam
- born of his own nature
Farming, cow protection and business are the natural work for the vaiśyas, and for the śūdras there are labor and service to others.