SB 3.22.38
य: पृष्टो मुनिभि: प्राह धर्मान्नानाविदाञ्छुभान् ।
नृणां वर्णाश्रमाणां च सर्वभूतहित: सदा ॥ ३८ ॥
नृणां वर्णाश्रमाणां च सर्वभूतहित: सदा ॥ ३८ ॥
yaḥ pṛṣṭo munibhiḥ prāha
dharmān nānā-vidhāñ chubhān
nṛṇāṁ varṇāśramāṇāṁ ca
sarva-bhūta-hitaḥ sadā
dharmān nānā-vidhāñ chubhān
nṛṇāṁ varṇāśramāṇāṁ ca
sarva-bhūta-hitaḥ sadā
SYNONYMS
yaḥ—who; pṛṣṭaḥ—being questioned; munibhiḥ—by the sages; prāha—spoke; dharmān—the duties; nānā-vidhān—many varieties; śubhān—auspicious; nṛṇām—of human society; varṇa-āśramāṇām—of the varṇas and āśramas; ca—and; sarva-bhūta—for all living beings; hitaḥ—who does welfare; sadā—always.
TRANSLATION
In reply to questions asked by certain sages, he [Svāyambhuva Manu], out of compassion for all living entities, taught the diverse sacred duties of men in general and the different varṇas and āśramas.