To Brahmanas he assigned that foremost of all things, viz., the Veda. To the Kshatriya he gave superior energy. To the Vaishya he gave skill, and to the Shudra he gave the duty of serving the three other castes.
ब्राह्मणे वेदमग्रयं तु क्षत्रिये तेज उत्तमम्। दाक्ष्य वैश्ये च शूद्रे च सर्ववर्णानुकूलताम्॥