Chapter 4, Verse 13
चातुर्वर्ण्यं मया सृष्टं गुणकर्मविभागशः। तस्य कर्तारमपि मां विद्ध्यकर्तारमव्ययम्।।4.13।।
cāturvarṇyaṃ mayā sṛṣṭaṃ guṇakarmavibhāgaśaḥ. tasya kartāramapi māṃ viddhyakartāramavyayam.14.13..
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- चातुर्वर्ण्यं
- the four divisions of society (varnas)
- मया
- by me
- सृष्टं
- created
- गुणकर्मविभागशः
- according to the division of qualities (gunas) and actions (karma)
- तस्य
- of that (creation/system)
- कर्तारम्
- the doer/creator
- अपि
- even/although
- मां
- me
- विद्धि
- know
- अकर्तारम्
- non-doer
- अव्ययम्
- imperishable/unchanging
Commentary
13. The fourfold caste has been created by according to the distribution of energies and )ns ; though I am the author thereof, know Me on-agent and immutable.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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चातुर्वर्ण्यं
मया
सृष्टं
गुणकर्मविभागशः
तस्य
कर्तारम्
अपि
मां
विद्धि
अकर्तारम्
अव्ययम्
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