Word
chātuḥ-varṇyam
Used in 4 verses of the Bhagavad Gita.
How it is translated
- the four categories of occupations (1)
- four kinds (1)
- four-armed (1)
- the four kinds (1)
Every verse
- 4.13चातुर्वर्ण्यं मया सृष्टं गुणकर्मविभागशः।chātur-varṇyaṁ mayā sṛiṣhṭaṁ guṇa-karma-vibhāgaśhaḥThe fourfold caste has been created by Me according to the differentiation of Guna and Karma; though I am the author of it, know Me as non-doer and immutable.Here: the four categories of occupations
- 7.16चतुर्विधा भजन्ते मां जनाः सुकृतिनोऽर्जुन।chatur-vidhā bhajante māṁ janāḥ sukṛitino ’rjunaFour kinds of virtuous men worship Me, O Arjuna, and they are the distressed, the seekers of knowledge, the seekers of wealth, and the wise, O Lord of the Bharatas.Here: four kinds
- 11.46किरीटिनं गदिनं चक्रहस्तkirīṭinaṁ gadinaṁ chakra-hastamI desire to see You as before, crowned, bearing a mace, with the discus in hand, in Your former form only, having four arms, O thousand-armed, Cosmic Being.Here: four-armed
- 15.14अहं वैश्वानरो भूत्वा प्राणिनां देहमाश्रितः।ahaṁ vaiśhvānaro bhūtvā prāṇināṁ deham āśhritaḥHaving become the fire Vaisvanara, I abide in the bodies of living beings and, associated with the Prana and the Apana, digest the fourfold food.Here: the four kinds