चातुर्वर्ण्यं मया सृष्टं गुणकर्मविभागशः | तस्य कर्तारमपि मां विद्ध्यकर्तारमव्ययम् ||४-१३||
cāturvarṇyaṃ mayā sṛṣṭaṃ guṇakarmavibhāgaśaḥ . tasya kartāramapi māṃ viddhyakartāramavyayam ||4-13||
- cātuḥ-varṇyam
- the four divisions of human society
- mayā
- by Me
- sṛṣṭam
- created
- guṇa
- of quality
- karma
- and work
- vibhāgaśaḥ
- in terms of division
- tasya
- of that
- kartāram
- the father
- api
- although
- mām
- Me
- viddhi
- you may know
- akartāram
- as the nondoer
- avyayam
- unchangeable
- na
- never
According to the three modes of material nature and the work associated with them, the four divisions of human society are created by Me. And although I am the creator of this system, you should know that I am yet the nondoer, being unchangeable.