Gita Verse 18.41

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 18, Verse 41

Sanskrit Verse

ब्राह्मणक्षत्रियविशां शूद्राणां च परंतप।कर्माणि प्रविभक्तानि स्वभावप्रभवैर्गुणैः।।18.41।।

Transliteration

brāhmaṇa-kṣhatriya-viśhāṁ śhūdrāṇāṁ cha parantapa

karmāṇi pravibhaktāni svabhāva-prabhavair guṇaiḥ

Word meanings

brāhmaṇa—of the priestly class; kṣhatriya—the warrior and administrative class; viśhām—the mercantile and farming class; śhūdrāṇām—of the worker class; cha—and; parantapa—Arjun, subduer of the enemies; karmāṇi—duties; pravibhaktāni—distributed; svabhāva-prabhavaiḥ-guṇaiḥ—work based on one’s nature and guṇas

Swami Sivananda's translation

Of Brahmanas, Kshatriyas, Vaisyas, and Sudras, O Arjuna, the duties are distributed according to the qualities born of their own nature.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 18