विद्या दानं तप: सत्यं धर्मस्येति पदानि च । आश्रमांश्च यथासंख्यमसृजत्सह वृत्तिभि: ॥ ४१ ॥
vidya danam tapah satyam dharmasyeti padani ca asramams ca yatha-sankhyam asrjat saha vrttibhih
- vidya
- education
- danam
- charity
- tapah
- penance
- satyam
- truth
- dharmasya
- of religion
- iti
- thus
- padani
- four legs
- ca
- also
- asraman
- orders of life
- ca
- also
- yatha
- as they are
- sankhyam
- in number
- asrjat
- created
- saha
- along with
- vrttibhih
- by vocations.
Education, charity, penance and truth are said to be the four legs of religion, and to learn this there are four orders of life with different classifications of castes according to vocation. Brahma created all these in systematic order.