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Chapter 18<\/a><\/p>\n << Chapter 18 Verse 43<\/a><\/p>\n krushigOrakshyavANijyam vaiSyakarma svabhAvajam |<\/em> krushi gOrakshya vANijyam – farming, protecting cows and doing business Farming, protecting cows and doing business are the activities acquired by [birth based on] previous karma for vaiSya; activities in serving those belonging to the first three varNas, are acquired by [birth based on] previous karma for the Sudhra, who belongs to fourth varNa.<\/p>\n ‘Agriculture, cattle-tending [i.e.,<\/em> protection], and commerce are duties native to a Vai\u015bya. And service constitutes the duty native to a \u015a\u016bdra.’<\/span><\/p>\n K\u1e5bishi<\/em> = Culture intended to produce crop.<\/span><\/p>\n Go-raksha<\/em> = The protection of cattle.<\/span><\/p>\n Va\u1e47ijyam<\/em> = All those trading concerns consisting of buying and selling which bring in money.<\/span><\/p>\n These are duties proper to a Vai\u015bya.<\/span><\/p>\n And acts of service to all these three classes constitute the duty proper to a \u015a\u016bdra.<\/span><\/p>\n Thus in defining the duties, the necessary performance of \u015a\u0101stra-enjoined acts such as Yaj\u00f1a etc., and the occupations of the Four Varnas, have all been implied.<\/span><\/p>\n Yaj\u00f1as etc., are certainly common to the Three Var\u1e47as (Br\u0101hma\u1e47a, Kshatriya and Vai\u015bya). \u015aama, Dama etc., are also common to all the Three Var\u1e47as, but being natural to and easily attained by, the Br\u0101hma\u1e47a, by reason of Satvam being regnant in him, they were allotted to him as his characteristics proper; and not allotted to the Kshatriya and the Vai\u015bya inasmuch as by reason of Rajas and Tamas being uppermost in them, they (\u015aama) etc., are not easily attained by them.<\/span><\/p>\n As for the occupation of the Br\u0101hma\u1e47a, it is to teach others to conduct Yaj\u00f1as, to teach others Vedas, and receive gifts; the occupation of the Kshatriya is to rule the country; of the Vai\u015bya, cultivation of land etc., as aforesaid; and of the \u015a\u016bdra, to do all supporting services necessary for the due discharge of duties apportioned to the three (above-stated) classes.<\/span><\/p>\n >> Chapter 18 Verse 45<\/a><\/p>\n archived in https:\/\/githa.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n pramEyam (goal) \u2013 http:\/\/koyil.org<\/a> SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 18 << Chapter 18 Verse 43 SlOkam \u2013 Original krushigOrakshyavANijyam vaiSyakarma svabhAvajam | paricharyAthmakam karma SUdhrasyApi svabhAvajam || word-by-word meaning krushi gOrakshya vANijyam – farming, protecting cows and doing business svabhAvajam – acquired by [birth based on] previous karma vaiSyam karma – activities for … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chapter-18","category-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6975\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/githa.koyil.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}SlOkam \u2013 Original<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n paricharyAthmakam karma SUdhrasyApi svabhAvajam ||<\/em><\/p>\nword-by-word meaning <\/h3>\n
\nsvabhAvajam – acquired by [birth based on] previous karma
\nvaiSyam karma – activities for vaiSya
\nSUdhrasya api – for the Sudhra, who belongs to fourth varNa
\nsvabhAvajam – acquired by [birth based on] previous karma
\nparicharyAthmakam karma – to take up activities in serving those belonging to the first three varNas<\/p>\nSimple Translation <\/h3>\n
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy\u2019s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam<\/h3>\n
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