Shankaracharya's commentary, trans. Alladi Mahadeva Sastry (1897)
[1]Of Brahmanas and Kshatriyas and Vaisyas, as also of Sudras, O Parantapa, the duties are divided according to the qualities born of nature.
BG 18.41
ब्राह्मणक्षत्रियविशां शूद्राणां च परंतप । कर्माणि प्रविभक्तानि स्वभावप्रभवैर् गुणैः ॥
brāhmaṇa-kṣatriya-viśāṃ śūdrāṇāṃ ca paraṃtapa | karmāṇi pravibhaktāni svabhāva-prabhavair guṇaiḥ ||
"The duties of Brāhmaṇas, Kṣatriyas, Vaiśyas, and Śūdras are distributed by the guṇas born of their own nature."
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Of Brahmanas and Kshatriyas and Vaisyas, as also of Sudras, O Parantapa, the duties are divided according to the qualities born of nature.
Of Brahmanas and Kshatriyas and Vaishyas, as also of Shudras, O scorcher of foes, the duties are distributed according to the Gunas born of their own nature.
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Tranquility, self-restraint, ascetic austerities, purity, forgiveness, rectitude, knowledge, experience, and belief (in an existence hereafter), these are the duties of Brahmanas, born of their proper nature.