पुरुषस्य मुखं ब्रह्म क्षत्रमेतस्य बाहव: । ऊर्वोर्वैश्यो भगवत: पद्भ्यां शूद्रो व्यजायत ॥ ३७ ॥
purusasya mukham brahma ksatram etasya bahavah urvor vaisyo bhagavatah padbhyam sudro vyajayata
- purusasya
- of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- mukham
- mouth
- brahma
- is the brahmanas
- ksatram
- the royal order
- etasya
- of Him
- bahavah
- the arms
- urvoh
- the thighs
- vaisyah
- are the mercantile men
- bhagavatah
- of the Personality of Godhead
- padbhyam
- from His legs
- sudrah
- the laborer class
- vyajayata
- became manifested.
The brahmanas represent His mouth, the ksatriyas His arms, the vaisyas His thighs, and the sudras are born of His legs.