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Origin of the four castes; their primitive state - Verse 35

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · 1 · Verse 6.35

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Sanskrit Original

वैश्यानां मारुतं स्थानं स्वधर्मनिरतात्मनाम गान्धर्वं शूद्रजातीनां परिचर्यानुवर्तिनाम ।।

vaiśyānāṃ mārutaṃ sthānaṃ svadharmaniratātmanām gāndharvaṃ śūdrajātīnāṃ paricaryānuvartinām ||

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The place of the Vaishyas is the wind for those who are devoted to their own dharma, and the Gandharva is for the Shudras who follow service.