विष्ण्वाराधन-फलम् तथा वर्णधर्माः
Worship of Vishnu through Varṇa-dharma
पशुपाल्यं वणिज्यं च कृषिं च मनुजेश्वर वैश्याय जीविकां ब्रह्मा ददौ लोकपितामहः
paśupālyaṃ vaṇijyaṃ ca kṛṣiṃ ca manujeśvara vaiśyāya jīvikāṃ brahmā dadau lokapitāmahaḥ
人々の主よ、世界の祖たる梵天は、ヴァイシャの生業として、牧畜・交易・耕作を定め給うた。
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)
This verse frames the Vaiśya’s social role as divinely ordained—agriculture, cattle-rearing, and trade—supporting the material foundation of society in accordance with dharma.
Parāśara presents varna functions as part of cosmic governance: Brahmā assigns distinct livelihoods so that human society operates harmoniously under an ordered moral framework.
Though Vishnu is not named in this verse, the Vishnu Purana’s worldview treats such dharma-ordination as occurring within the supreme order upheld by Vishnu—where creation and social duties serve the stability of the cosmos.