श्रीचमस उवाच मुखबाहूरुपादेभ्य: पुरुषस्याश्रमै: सह । चत्वारो जज्ञिरे वर्णा गुणैर्विप्रादय: पृथक् ॥ २ ॥
śrī-camasa uvāca mukha-bāhūru-pādebhyaḥ puruṣasyāśramaiḥ saha catvāro jajñire varṇā guṇair viprādayaḥ pṛthak
- śrī-camasaḥ uvāca
- Śrī Camasa said
- mukha
- face
- bāhu
- arms
- ūru
- thighs
- pādebhyaḥ
- from the feet
- puruṣasya
- of the Supreme Lord
- āśramaiḥ
- the four spiritual orders
- saha
- with
- catvāraḥ
- four
- jajñire
- were born
- varṇāḥ
- the social orders
- guṇaiḥ
- by the modes of nature
- vipra-ādayaḥ
- headed by the brāhmaṇas
- pṛthak
- various
Śrī Camasa said: Each of the four social orders, headed by the brāhmaṇas, was born through different combinations of the modes of nature, from the face, arms, thighs and feet of the Supreme Lord in His universal form. Thus the four spiritual orders were also generated.