# Bhagavad Gita 18.44

**Canonical reference:** `gita.18.44`  
**Speaker:** Krishna  
**Corpus version:** gita-1.0.0-rc.1

## Sanskrit (Devanagari)

कृषिगौरक्ष्यवाणिज्यं वैश्यकर्म स्वभावजम्।
परिचर्यात्मकं कर्म शूद्रस्यापि स्वभावजम् ॥

## IAST

kṛṣigaurakṣyavāṇijyaṃ vaiśyakarma svabhāvajam
paricaryātmakaṃ karma śūdrasyāpi svabhāvajam

## English — Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882

Agriculture, tending cattle, trade, (this) is the natural duty of Vaiśyas, And the natural duty of Śūdras, too, consists in service. (Every) man intent on his own respective duties obtains perfection.

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