ब्राह्मणो ब्रह्मवर्चस्वी राजन्यो जगतीपति: । वैश्य: पठन् विट्पति: स्याच्छूद्र: सत्तमतामियात् ॥ ३२ ॥
brahmano brahma-varcasvi rajanyo jagati-patih vaisyah pathan vit-patih syac chudrah sattamatam iyat
- brahmanah
- the brahmanas
- brahma-varcasvi
- one who has attained the power of spiritual success
- rajanyah
- the royal order
- jagati-patih
- the king of the world
- vaisyah
- the mercantile class of men
- pathan
- by reading
- vit-patih
- becomes master of animals
- syat
- becomes
- sudrah
- the laborer class of men
- sattama-tam
- the position of a great devotee
- iyat
- attains.
If one hears of the characteristics of Prthu Maharaja and is a brahmana, he becomes perfectly qualified with brahminical powers; if he is a ksatriya, he becomes a king of the world; if he is a vaisya, he becomes a master of other vaisyas and many animals; and if he is a sudra, he becomes the topmost devotee.