भगवद्गीता ४.१३
Bhagavadgītā 4.13
cāturvarṇyaṃ mayā sṛṣṭaṃ guṇakarmavibhāgaśaḥtasya kartāramapi māṃ viddhyakartāramavyayam
Transliteration IAST
cāturvarṇyaṃ mayā sṛṣṭaṃ guṇakarmavibhāgaśaḥ | tasya kartāramapi māṃ viddhyakartāramavyayam
Translations signed
The four castes were emanated by Me, by the different distribution of qualities and actions; know Me to be the author of them, though the actionless and inexhaustible.
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- English The four castes were emanated by Me, by the different distribution of qualities and actions; know Me to be the author of them, though the actionless and inexhaustible. Annie Besant
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- Two independent digital editions agree on this reading.
- text.deva
- भगवद्गीता. Digital edition: Sanskrit Wikisource contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0
- text.iast
- भगवद्गीता. Digital edition: Sanskrit Wikisource contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0