The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.28.13

6.28.13

anyadevatābhaktā api kasmātpunaḥ kāraṇāttavaiva vartmānuvartante nānyasyetyata āha - cāturvarṇyamiti | caturṇāṃ varṇānāṃ hitaṃ cāturvarṇyam | guṇāśca karmāṇi ceti guṇakarma | dvandvaikavadbhāvaḥ | karmāṇyagnihotrādīni | guṇāśca dravyadevatādirūpāḥ | vibhāgaśaḥ sādhāraṇāsādhāraṇavibhāgena | tathāhi dānajapādikaṃ sarvasādhāraṇam | agnihotrādikaṃ traivarṇikasyaiva na śūdrasya | rājasūyādikaṃ rājña eva netareṣāmiti vibhāgo dṛśyate | yataścāturvarṇyaṃ guṇakarma mayā sṛṣṭaṃ tato'nyadevatānāmapi madutthatvātputraprītyā pituriva tatprītyā mamaiva tṛptirastītyarthaḥ | yadvā guṇavibhāgaśaḥ karmavibhāgaśa iti yojyam | tathāhi sattvapradhānā brāhmaṇāsteṣāṃ karma śamadamādikam, sattvopasarjanarajaḥpradhānāḥ kṣatriyāsteṣāṃ karma śauryādi, tama upasarjanarajaḥpradhānā vaiśyāsteṣāṃ karma kṛṣyādi, raja upasarjanatamaḥpradhānāḥ śūdrāsteṣāṃ karma śuśrūṣaiveti guṇakarmavibhāgo dṛśyate tadā cāturvarṇyamiti svārthe ṣyañ | catvāro varṇāḥ guṇakarmavibhāgaśo mayā sṛṣṭā ityarthaḥ | anyadevatābhaktā api maduktakarmakāritvānmadbhaktā eveti bhāvaḥ | nanu yadyevaṃ tvaṃ svasantatitarpaṇena svājñākaraṇena prīyase tadarthaṃ ca tvayā cāturvarṇyaṃ sṛṣṭaṃ tarhi mahānsaṃsārī tvamasītyāśaṅkyāha - tasyeti | kartāraṃ māyāyogāt vastuto'kartāram | ata evāvyayamavikāriṇam ||