ब्राह्मणक्षत्रियविशां शूद्राणां च परन्तप |\nकर्माणि प्रविभक्तानि स्वभावप्रभवैर्गुणैः ||१८-४१||
brāhmaṇakṣatriyaviśāṃ śūdrāṇāṃ ca parantapa .\nkarmāṇi pravibhaktāni svabhāvaprabhavairguṇaiḥ ||18-41||
The duties of the Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, and Shudras—are distributed according to their qualities, in accordance with their guṇas (and not by birth).