कृषिगौरक्ष्यवाणिज्यं वैश्यकर्म स्वभावजम् | परिचर्यात्मकं कर्म शूद्रस्यापि स्वभावजम् ||१८-४४||
kṛṣigaurakṣyavāṇijyaṃ vaiśyakarma svabhāvajam . paricaryātmakaṃ karma śūdrasyāpi svabhāvajam ||18-44||
Chapter 18 · Verse 44
Moksha Sannyasa Yoga
मोक्षसंन्यासयोग
In plain words
When a man performs his duties rightly according to his caste and order of life his heart is purified and he goes to heaven. Apastambha Dharma Sutra declares. Men of severla,castes and orders each devoted to his respective duties reap the fruits of their actions after death and then by the residual Karma attain to births in superior Dharma span of life learning conduct wealth happiness and intelligence (2 2 2 3).
Translation
18.44 Agriculture, cattle-breeding and trade are the duties of the Vaisya born of his nature৷৷. And the duty of a Sudra is one of service, born of his nature.
Meaning
When a man performs his duties rightly according to his caste and order of life his heart is purified and he goes to heaven. Apastambha Dharma Sutra declares. Men of severla,castes and orders each devoted to his respective duties reap the fruits of their actions after death and then by the residual Karma attain to births in superior Dharma span of life learning conduct wealth happiness and intelligence (2 2 2 3). There is a vivid description in the Puranas also of the different results and worlds which men of the four castes and orders obtain by discharging their respective duties.
Word by word
कृषिगौरक्ष्यवाणिज्यम् agriculture cattlerearing and trade वैश्यकर्म the duties of Vaisya स्वभावजम् born of nature परिचर्यात्मकम् consisting of service कर्म action शूद्रस्य of the Sudra अपि also स्वभावजम् born of nature.