विशोऽवर्तन्त तस्योर्वोर्लोकवृत्तिकरीर्विभो: । वैश्यस्तदुद्भवो वार्तां नृणां य: समवर्तयत् ॥ ३२ ॥
viso ’vartanta tasyorvor loka-vrttikarir vibhoh vaisyas tad-udbhavo vartam nrnam yah samavartayat
- visah
- means of living by production and distribution
- avartanta
- generated
- tasya
- His (the gigantic form’s)
- urvoh
- from the thighs
- loka-vrttikarih
- means of livelihood
- vibhoh
- of the Lord
- vaisyah
- the mercantile community
- tat
- their
- udbhavah
- orientation
- vartam
- means of living
- nrnam
- of all men
- yah
- one who
- samavartayat
- executed.
The means of livelihood of all persons, namely production of grains and their distribution to the prajas, was generated from the thighs of the Lord’s gigantic form. The mercantile men who take charge of such execution are called vaisyas.