ब्राह्मणक्षत्रियविशां शूद्राणां च परन्तप ।
कर्माणि प्रविभक्तानि स्वभावप्रभवैर्गुणैः ॥१८- ४१॥
brāhmaṇakṣatriyaviśāṃ śūdrāṇāṃ ca parantapa ।
karmāṇi pravibhaktāni svabhāvaprabhavairguṇaiḥ ॥18- 41॥
The actions of the brahmans, kshatriyas, vaishyas, and shudras are distributed by the gunas arising from one's own nature, Scorcher of the Foe.
brāhmaṇakṣatriyaviśām (brāhmaṇa + kṣatriya + viśām) (masculine, genitive, plural) = of the brahmans, kshatriyas, vaishyas
śūdrāṇāṃ (masculine, genitive, plural) = of the shudras
ca (conjunction) (indeclinable) = and
parantapa (masculine, vocative, singular) = Scorcher of the Foe (epithet of Arjuna)
karmāṇi (neuter, nominative, plural) = actions
pravibhaktāni (past passive participle, neuter, nominative, plural) = distributed
svabhāvaprabhavais (svabhāva + prabhavais) (masculine, instrumental, plural) = by arising from one's own nature
guṇais (masculine, instrumental, plural) = by the gunas
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