{
  "book_title": "Bhagavad-gītā As It Is",
  "chapter": 18,
  "verse": 41,
  "reference": "Bg 18.41",
  "devanagari": "ब्राह्मणक्षत्रियविशां शूद्राणां च परन्तप\nकर्माणि प्रविभक्तानि स्वभावप्रभवैर्गुणैः",
  "transliteration": "brāhmaṇa-kṣatriya-viśāṁ\nśūdrāṇāṁ ca parantapa\nkarmāṇi pravibhaktāni\nsvabhāva-prabhavair guṇaiḥ",
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "brāhmaṇa",
      "meanings": [
        "the brāhmaṇas"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "kṣatriya",
      "meanings": [
        "the kṣatriyas"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "viśām",
      "meanings": [
        "the vaiśyas"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "śūdrāṇām",
      "meanings": [
        "the śūdras"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "ca",
      "meanings": [
        "and"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "parantapa",
      "meanings": [
        "O subduer of the enemies"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "karmāṇi",
      "meanings": [
        "activities"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "pravibhaktāni",
      "meanings": [
        "are divided"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "svabhāva",
      "meanings": [
        "own nature"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "prabhavaiḥ",
      "meanings": [
        "born of"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "guṇaiḥ",
      "meanings": [
        "by the modes of material nature."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translation": "<b>Brāhmaṇas, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas and śūdras are distinguished by their qualities of work, O chastiser of the enemy, in accordance with the modes of nature.</b>",
  "purport": []
}