krishi -- farming; vanijya -- commerce; go-raksha -- and protecting cows: kusidam -- banking; turyam -- the fourth; ucyate -- is said; varta -- the occupational duty; catuh-vidha -- fourfold; tatra -- among these; vayam -- we; go-vrittayah -- engaged in protecting the cows; anisam -- without cessation.

The occupational duties of the vaisya are conceived in four divisions: farming, commerce, cow protection and moneylending. Out of these, we as a community are always engaged in cow protection.