Vaishampayana said After this Yudhishthira, saluted his grand father, the son of Ganga, and with joined hands and rapt attention, once more asked him, saying,-'What are the general duties of the four castes and what the especial duties of each. What mode of life should be adopted by which order and what duties are especially designated as the duties of kings.
वैशम्पायन उवाच ततः पुनः स गाङ्गेयमभिवाद्य पितामहम्। प्राञ्जलिर्नियतो भूत्वा पर्यपृच्छयुधिष्ठिरः॥ के धर्माः सर्ववर्णान्नां चातुर्वर्ण्यस्य के पृथक्। चातुर्वाश्रमाणां च राजधर्माश्च के मताः॥