### SB 3.22.38

> यः पृष्टो मुनिभिः प्राह धर्मान्नानाविधान्छुभान् ।\
> नृणां वर्णाश्रमाणां च सर्वभूतहितः सदा ॥३८॥

> yaḥ pṛṣṭo munibhiḥ prāha\
> dharmān nānā-vidhāñ chubhān\
> nṛṇāṁ varṇāśramāṇāṁ ca\
> sarva-bhūta-hitaḥ sadā

*yaḥ*—who; *pṛṣṭaḥ*—being questioned; *munibhiḥ*—by the sages; *prāha*—spoke; *dharmān*—the duties; *nānā-vidhān*—many varieties; *śubhān*—auspicious; *nṛṇām*—of human society; *varṇa-āśramāṇām*—of the *varṇas* and *āśramas*; *ca*—and; *sarva-bhūta*—for all living beings; *hitaḥ*—who does welfare; *sadā*—always.

**In reply to questions asked by certain sages, he [Svāyambhuva Manu], out of compassion for all living entities, taught the diverse sacred duties of men in general and the different varṇas and āśramas.**