Shloka 4
Adhyāya 189: Japa—Inquiry into the Jāpaka, Method
Vidhi), and Fruit (Phala
ब्राह्मणा: क्षत्रिया वैश्या: शूद्राश्न द्विजसत्तम | ये चान्ये भूतसड्घानां सड्घास्तांश्वापि निर्ममे,द्विजश्रेष्ठ! फिर उन्होंने ब्राह्मण, क्षत्रिय, वैश्य और शूद्र--इन चारों वर्णोॉंकी रचना की और प्राणिसमूहोंमें जो अन्य समुदाय हैं, उनकी भी सृष्टि की
brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā vaiśyāḥ śūdrāś ca dvijasattama | ye cānye bhūtasaṅghānāṃ saṅghās tān śvāpi nirmame, dvijaśreṣṭha ||
ब्राह्मणाः क्षत्रिया वैश्याः शूद्राश्च द्विजसत्तम । ये चान्ये भूतसङ्घानां सङ्घास्तांश्चापि निर्ममे ॥
भरद्वाज उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents a cosmological framing of social and biological diversity: the four varṇas and other communities of beings are described as products of an ordered creation, implying a structured universe where roles and groupings are understood within a larger dharmic design.
Bharadvāja is describing an act of creation: after an earlier stage of cosmogony, the creator is said to have produced the four human varṇas and, beyond them, the many other collectives found among living beings.