YajurVeda (Swami Satyaprakash Saraswati)

Yajurveda Adhyay 31 / Mantra 11

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Devata- पुरुषो देवता Rishi- नारायण ऋषिः Chhand- निचृदनुष्टुप् Swara- गान्धारः
Mantra with Swara
ब्रा॒ह्म॒णोऽस्य॒ मुख॑मासीद् बा॒हू रा॑ज॒न्यः कृ॒तः।ऊ॒रू तद॑स्य॒ यद्वैश्यः॑ प॒द्भ्या शू॒द्रोऽअ॑जायत॥११॥

ब्रा॒ह्म॒णः᳖। अ॒स्य॒। मुख॑म्। आ॒सी॒त्। बा॒हूऽइति॑ बा॒हू। रा॒ज॒न्यः᳖। कृ॒तः ॥ ऊ॒रूऽइत्यू॒रू। तत्। अ॒स्य॒। यत्। वैश्यः॑। प॒द्भ्यामिति॑ प॒त्ऽभ्याम्। शू॒द्रः। अ॒जा॒य॒त॒ ॥११ ॥

Mantra without Swara
ब्राह्मणोस्य मुखमासीद्बाहू राजन्यः कृतः । ऊरू तदस्य यद्वैश्यः पद्भ्याँ शूद्रोऽअजायत ॥

ब्राह्मणः। अस्य। मुखम्। आसीत्। बाहूऽइति बाहू। राजन्यः। कृतः॥ ऊरूऽइत्यूरू। तत्। अस्य। यत्। वैश्यः। पद्भ्यामिति पत्ऽभ्याम्। शूद्रः।अजायत॥११॥

YajurVeda (Swami Satyaprakash Saraswati)

English
YajurVeda (Swami Satyaprakash Saraswati) - English
Translation
The Brahmana (the intellectual) is His mouth; the Ksatriya (Rajanya or administrator) is His two arms what is the Vaisya (producer of wealth) is His thighs and the Sudra (labourer) is born of His two feet. (1)
Note
Brāhmaṇaḥh, intellectual person; one who can think, observe, analyze, invent and teach. Rajanyaḥ, warrior, administrator, defender of the weak. Vaisyaḥ, producer of wealth, farmer, cattle breeder, trader, or industrialist. Sūdraḥ, one who lacks initiative; incapable of undertak ing the professions of the other three categories; who is fit for manual labour under the guidance of other people.