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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
| Canto 4, Ch. 17
of state would then give protection to the citizens. The  kṣatriyas  would take charge of protecting the people in general, and under the protection of the  kṣatriyas , the  vaiśyas  would protect the cows, produce food grains and distribute them.  Śūdras , the working class, would help the higher three classes by manual labor. This is the perfect social system.
TEXTS 10-11
वयं राजज्ञाठरेणामितम् 
    यथाग्निना कोटरस्थेन वृक्षाः । 
    त्वामद्य याताः शरणं शरण्यं 
    यः साधितो वृत्तिकरः पतिर्नः ॥१०॥ 
    तन्मो मवानीहतु रातवेऽन्मं 
    क्षुधार्दितानां नरदेवदेव । 
    यावन्म नङक्ष्यामह उज्झितोर्जा 
    वार्तापतिस्त्वं किल लोकपालः ॥११॥
vayam rājan jāṭhareṇābhitaptā 
    yathāgninā koṭara-sthena vṛkṣāḥ 
    tvām adya yātāḥ śaraṇam śaraṇyam 
    yaḥ sādhito vṛtti-karaḥ patir naḥ
tan no bhavān īhatu rātave 'nnam 
    kṣudhārditānām nara-deva-deva 
    yāvan na naṅkṣyāmaha ujjhitorjā 
    vārtā-patis tvam kila loka-pālaḥ
vayam—we; rājan—O King; jāṭhareṇa—by the fire of hunger; abhitaptāḥ—very much aggrieved; yathā—just as; agninā—by the fire; koṭara-sthena—in the hollow of a tree; vṛkṣāḥ—trees; tvām—unto you; adya—today; yātāḥ—we have come; śaraṇam—shelter; śaraṇyam—worth taking shelter of; yaḥ—who; sādhitaḥ—appointed; vṛtti-karaḥ—one who gives employment; patiḥ—master; naḥ—our; tat—therefore; naḥ—to us; bhavān—Your Majesty; īhatu—please try; rātave—to give; annam—food grains; kṣudhā—with hunger; arditānām—suffering; nara-deva-deva—O supreme master of all kings; yāvat na—lest; naṅkṣyāmahe—we will perish; ujjhita—being bereft of; ūrjāḥ—food grains; vārtā—of occupational engagements; patiḥ—bestower; tvam—you; kila—indeed; loka-pālaḥ—the protector of the citizens.