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ब्राह्मणो ब्रह्मवर्चस्वी राजन्यो जगतीपतिः ।
वैश्यः पठन्विट्पतिः स्याच् छूद्रः सत्तमतामियात् ॥ ३२ ॥
 
brahmano brahma-varcasvi
rajanyo jagati-patih
vaisyah pathan vit-patih syac
chudrah sattamatam iyat
brahmanah-the brahmanas; brahma-varcasvi-one who has attained the power of spiritual success; rajanyah-the royal order; jagati-patih-the king of the world; vaisyah-the mercantile class of men; pathan-by reading; vit-patih-becomes master of animals; syat-becomes; sudrah-the laborer class of men; sattamatam-the position of a great devotee; iyat-attains.