वर्णानामाश्रमाणां च जन्मभूम्यनुसारिणी: । आसन् प्रकृतयो नृणां नीचैर्नीचोत्तमोत्तमा: ॥ १५ ॥
varṇānām āśramāṇāṁ ca janma-bhūmy-anusāriṇīḥ āsan prakṛtayo nṝnāṁ nīcair nīcottamottamāḥ
- varṇānām
- of the occupational divisions
- āśramāṇām
- of the social divisions
- ca
- also
- janma
- of birth
- bhūmi
- the situation
- anusāriṇīḥ
- according to
- āsan
- appeared
- prakṛtayaḥ
- the natures
- nṝṇām
- of human beings
- nīcaiḥ
- by inferior background
- nīca
- inferior nature
- uttama
- by superior background
- uttamāḥ
- superior natures
The various occupational and social divisions of human society appeared according to inferior and superior natures manifest in the situation of the individual’s birth.