18.44 कृषिगौरक्ष्यवाणिज्यं वैश्यकर्म स्वभावजम्।परिचर्यात्मकं कर्म शूद्रस्यापि स्वभावजम्
kṛṣi
Word meanings
kṛiṣhi—agriculture;gau-rakṣhya—dairy farming;vāṇijyam—commerce;vaiśhya—of the mercantile and farming class;karma—work;svabhāva-jam—born of one’s intrinsic qualities;paricharyā—serving through work;ātmakam—natural;karma—duty;śhūdrasya—of the worker class;api—and;svabhāva-jam—born of one’s intrinsic qualities
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Ploughing, tending to cattle, and trading are the actions of the Vaisyas, born of their nature. The action of service is of the Sudras, born of their nature.
Agriculture, protection of the cow and trade are the duty of a trader, again in accordance with his nature. The duty of a servant is to serve, and that too agrees with his nature.
Agriculture, cattle-breeding and trade are the duties of the Vaisya born of his nature৷৷. And the duty of a Sudra is one of service, born of his nature.
The natural duties of the Vaisyas are agriculture, cattle-rearing and trade. Of the Sudras, too, the natural duty is in the form of service.
Agriculture, cattle-rearing and trade are the duties of the Vaishya (merchant class), born of (their own) nature; and action consisting of service is the duty of the Sudra (servant class), born of (their own) nature.
18.46 यतः प्रवृत्तिर्भूतानां येन सर्वमिदं ततम्।स्वकर्मणा तमभ्यर्च्य सिद्धिं विन्दति मानवः
yataḥ pravṛttir
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yataḥ—from whom;pravṛittiḥ—have come into being;bhūtānām—of all living entities;yena—by whom;sarvam—all;idam—this;tatam—pervaded;sva-karmaṇā—by one’s natural occupation;tam—him;abhyarchya—by worshipping;siddhim—perfection;vindati—attains;mānavaḥ—a person
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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From whence the activities of the beings arise, and by which this universe is pervaded—worshipping That by one's own prescribed action, one attains success.
Man reaches perfection by dedicating his actions to God, Who is the source of all being, and fills everything.
He from whome arise the activity of all beings and by whom all this is pervaded - by worshipping Him with his own duty man reaches perfection.
A human being achieves success by adoring through his own duties Him from whom is the origin of creatures, and by whom is all this pervaded.
He from whom all the beings have evolved and by whom all this is pervaded, worshipping Him with his own duty, man attains perfection.
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मोक्षसंन्यासयोग
Chapter 18: Free Yourself Through Renunciation
mokṣasaṃnyāsayoga
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18.45 स्वे स्वे कर्मण्यभिरतः संसिद्धिं लभते नरः।स्वकर्मनिरतः सिद्धिं यथा विन्दति तच्छृणु
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Word meanings
sve sve—respectively;karmaṇi—work;abhirataḥ—fulfilling;sansiddhim—perfection;labhate—achieve;naraḥ—a person;sva-karma—to one’s own prescribed duty;nirataḥ—engaged;siddhim—perfection;yathā—as;vindati—attains;tat—that;śhṛiṇu—hear
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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A person, devoted to their own respective action, attains success. How one attains success through devotion to their own action, that you must hear from Me.
Perfection is attained when each attends diligently to his duty. Listen and I will tell you how it is attained by him who always minds his own duty.
Devoted to his duty, man attains perfection. Hear now how one devoted to his own duty attains perfection.
Being devoted to his own duty, man attains complete success. Hear that as to how one devoted to his own duty achieves success.
Each man, devoted to his own duty, attains perfection. How he attains perfection while being engaged in his own duty, hear now.
