{
  "book_title": "Bhagavad-gītā As It Is",
  "chapter": 18,
  "verse": 44,
  "reference": "Bg 18.44",
  "devanagari": "कृषिगोरक्ष्यवाणिज्यं वैश्यकर्म स्वभावजम्\nपरिचर्यात्मकं कर्म शूद्रस्यापि स्वभावजम्",
  "transliteration": "kṛṣi-gorakṣya-vāṇijyaṁ\nvaiśya-karma svabhāva-jam\nparicaryātmakaṁ karma\nśūdrasyāpi svabhāva-jam",
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "kṛṣi",
      "meanings": [
        "ploughing"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "go",
      "meanings": [
        "cows"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "rakṣya",
      "meanings": [
        "protection"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "vāṇijyam",
      "meanings": [
        "trade"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "karma",
      "meanings": [
        "duty"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "svabhāva-jam",
      "meanings": [
        "born of his own nature"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "paricaryā",
      "meanings": [
        "service"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "ātmakam",
      "meanings": [
        "nature"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "karma",
      "meanings": [
        "duty"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "śūdrasya",
      "meanings": [
        "of the śūdra"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "api",
      "meanings": [
        "also"
      ]
    },
    {
      "word": "svabhāva-jam",
      "meanings": [
        "born of his own nature."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translation": "<b>Farming, </b><b>cattle raising</b><b> and business are the qualities of work for the vaiśyas, and for the śūdras there is labor and service to others.</b>",
  "purport": []
}