Devanagari
चातुर्होत्रं कर्मतन्त्रमुपवेदनयै: सह ।
धर्मस्य पादाश्चत्वारस्तथैवाश्रमवृत्तय: ॥ ३५ ॥
Verse text
cātur-hotraṁ karma-tantram
upaveda-nayaiḥ saha
dharmasya pādāś catvāras
tathaivāśrama-vṛttayaḥ
Synonyms
cātuḥ
—
four
;
hotram
—
paraphernalia for sacrifice
;
karma
—
action
;
tantram
—
expansions of such activities
;
upaveda
—
supplementary to the Vedas
;
nayaiḥ
—
by logical conclusions
;
saha
—
along with
;
dharmasya
—
of religiosity
;
pādāḥ
—
principles
;
catvāraḥ
—
four
;
tathā eva
—
in the same way
;
āśrama
—
social orders
;
vṛttayaḥ
—
occupations .
Translation
The four kinds of paraphernalia for conducting the fire sacrifice became manifest: the performer [the chanter], the offerer, the fire, and the action performed in terms of the supplementary Vedas. Also the four principles of religiosity [truth, austerity, mercy and cleanliness] and the duties in the four social orders all became manifest.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
The actions of the hotā, udgāṭā, adhvaryu and brahma priests, the various of sacrifices, the four parts of dharma (satya, śauca, tapa and dayā), the āśramas and occupations appeared from his mouth.
Catur-hotram refers to the actions of the hoṭā, udgātā, adhvaryu and brahma priests. Karma-tantram means profusion of sacrificial acts. The āśrāmas and occupations appeared along with the Upavedas and scriptures on logic.
Purport
Eating, sleeping, defending and mating are the four principles of material bodily demands which are common to both the animals and human society. To distinguish human society from the animals there is the performance of religious activities in terms of the social statuses and orders of life. They are all clearly mentioned in the Vedic literatures and were manifested by Brahmā when the four
Vedas
were generated from his four mouths. Thus the duties of humankind in terms of the statuses and social orders were established to be observed by the civilized man. Those who traditionally follow these principles are called Āryans, or progressive human beings.