I shall tell you particularly what the duties truly are of the four castes. So far as their bodies concerned, the individuals, belonging to all the four casts, have five primal elements for heir constituent ingredients; they are all the same substance in this matter. are
विशेषेण च वक्ष्यामि चातुर्वर्ण्यस्य लिङ्गत्तः। पञ्चभूतशरीराणां सर्वेषां सदृशात्मनाम्॥