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Bhagavadgita 18.41

Gītābhāṣya (of Rāmānuja) 18.41

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Sanskrit

18.41

brāhmaṇakṣatriyaviśāṃ śūdrāṇāṃ ca paraṃtapa /
karmāṇi pravibhaktāni svabhāvaprabhavair guṇaiḥ //
brāhmaṇakṣatriyaviśāṃ svakīyo bhāvaḥ svabhāvaḥ brāhmaṇādijanmahetubhūtaṃ prācīnakarmety arthaḥ; tatprabhavāḥ sattvādayo guṇāḥ / brāhmaṇasya svabhāvaprabhavo rajastamo'bhibhavenodbhūtaḥ sattvaguṇaḥ; kṣatriyasya svabhāvaprabhavaḥ tamassattvābhibhavenodbhūto rajoguṇaḥ; vaiśyasya svabhāvaprabhavaḥ sattvarajo'bhibhavenālpodriktas tamoguṇaḥ; śūdrasya svabhāvaprabhavas tu rajassattvābhibhavenātyudriktas tamoguṇaḥ / ebhiḥ svabhāvaprabhavair guṇaiḥ saha pravibhaktāni karmāṇi śāstraiḥ pratipāditāni / brāhmaṇādaya evaṃguṇakāḥ, teṣāṃ caitāni karmāṇi, vṛttayaś caitā iti hi vibhajya pratipādayanti śāstrāṇi //

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