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Chapter 18 · Verse 41 · Moksha Sanyaas Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 18.41

contemplative Dharma & Duty Self & Identity Karma & Action

Sanskrit

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

Transliteration

brāhmaṇa-kṣhatriya-viśhāṁ śhūdrāṇāṁ cha parantapa karmāṇi pravibhaktāni svabhāva-prabhavair guṇaiḥ

Word by Word

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
Simplified Perspective

The Lord reveals that dharma is not imposed from above but blooms naturally from the soil of your own being. Each person's sacred duty flows from their unique nature—the qualities woven into their consciousness—like a river finding its own course down the mountain.

When you align your work with your svabhava, your true nature, you stop struggling against yourself and start becoming whole. '—then your right action follows like water finding the valley.

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Bhagavad Gita 18.41 — BG 18.41

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Sanskrit text from the Bhagavad Gita (public domain). Commentary © Mahakatha.

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