In Srimad Bhagavad Gita As It Is, Chapter 2,
Vers 31, the last section of the purport, Srila Prabhupada says:
There are two kinds of svadharmas, specific
duties. As long as one is not liberated, one has to perform the duties of that
particular body in accordance with religious principles in order to achieve
liberation. When one is liberated, one's svadharma—specific duty—becomes
spiritual and is not in the material bodily concept. In the bodily conception
of life there are specific duties for the brāhmaṇas and kṣatriyas
respectively, and such duties are unavoidable. Svadharma is ordained by the
Lord, and this will be clarified in the Fourth Chapter. On the bodily plane
svadharma is called varṇāśrama-dharma, or man's steppingstone for spiritual
understanding. Human civilization begins from the stage of varṇāśrama-dharma,
or specific duties in terms of the specific modes of nature of the body
obtained. Discharging one's specific duty in any field of action in accordance
with varṇāśrama-dharma serves to elevate one to a higher status of
life.
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