Bhagavad Gita 18.44
कृषिगौरक्ष्यवाणिज्यं वैश्यकर्म स्वभावजम्।परिचर्यात्मकं कर्म शूद्रस्यापि स्वभावजम्॥
kṛiṣhi-gau-rakṣhya-vāṇijyaṁ vaiśhya-karma svabhāva-jam paricharyātmakaṁ karma śhūdrasyāpi svabhāva-jam
Translation
Ploughing, protection of kine, and trade are the Vaishya duty, born of his own nature. Action of the nature of service is the Shûdra duty, born of his own nature.
What it means
Farming, cattle-rearing and trade are the Vaishya's natural duty; work whose nature is service is the Shudra's natural duty. The four functions complete the social economy as the text presents it.
Try this today
The productive and serving temperaments: making, tending, exchanging, supporting.
Something to reflect on
What is my honest function - making, tending, exchanging or supporting - and do I honor it?
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