विप्रोऽधीत्याप्नुयात् प्रज्ञां राजन्योदधिमेखलाम् । वैश्यो निधिपतित्वं च शूद्र: शुध्येत पातकात् ॥ ६५ ॥
vipro ’dhītyāpnuyāt prajñāṁ rājanyodadhi-mekhalām vaiśyo nidhi-patitvaṁ ca śūdraḥ śudhyeta pātakāt
- vipraḥ
- a brāhmaṇa
- adhītya
- studying
- āpnuyāt
- achieves
- prajñām
- intelligence in devotional service
- rājanya
- a king
- udadhi-mekhalām
- (the earth) bounded by the seas
- vaiśyaḥ
- a businessman
- nidhi
- of treasures
- patitvam
- lordship
- ca
- and
- śūdraḥ
- a worker
- śudhyeta
- becomes purified
- pātakāt
- from sinful reactions
A brāhmaṇa who studies the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam achieves firm intelligence in devotional service, a king who studies it gains sovereignty over the earth, a vaiśya acquires great treasure and a śūdra is freed from sinful reactions.