# Bhagavad Gita 18.41

**Canonical reference:** `gita.18.41`  
**Speaker:** Krishna  
**Corpus version:** gita-1.0.0-rc.1

## Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ब्राह्मणक्षत्रियविशां शूद्राणां च परन्तप।
कर्माणि प्रविभक्तानि स्वभावप्रभवैर्गुणैः ॥

## IAST

brāhmaṇakṣatriyaviśāṃ śūdrāṇāṃ ca parantapa
karmāṇi pravibhaktāni svabhāvaprabhavairguṇaiḥ

## English — Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882

The duties of Brāhmaṇas, Kṣatriyas , and Vaiśyas , and of Śūdras, too, O terror of your foes! are distinguished according to the qualities born of nature.

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