Today's Subhashita.

आर्जवं  चानृशंस्य  च दमश्चेन्द्रियनिग्रहः  |

एष  साधारणो धर्मश्चातुर्वण्येSब्रवीन्मनुः   ||  -  महासुभषितसंग्रह (5248)

अर्थ -     सनातन धर्म के प्रवर्तक  मनु  द्वारा  ब्राह्मण, क्षत्रिय,

वैश्य तथा शूद्र इन चार जातियों के द्वारा धर्म पालन के चार 

प्रमुख सिद्धान्त, यथा सात्विकता ,दयालुता , आत्म- नियन्त्रण 

तथा कर्मेन्द्रियों  पर नियन्त्रण घोषित  किये  गये  हैं |  

Aarjavam chaanrushamsya cha damashchendriya nigrahh.

Esha saadhaarano dharmashchaaturvarnyebraveenmanuh /

Aarjavam = sincerity    Chaanrushamsya= cha +anrushamsya.

Cha = and.      Anrushamsya = mercy, kindnessss.   Damah +

cha+indriyanigrah    Damah =  self restraint.    Indriyanigrah =

restraint of the organs of senses, subduing of passion.    Esha =

these are.    Sadhaarano - common, ordinary.    Dharmah +

chaaturvarnye + abaveet + manuh.     Dharmah = religion.

Chaturvarnye  =  the four castes namely Brahmana, Kshtriya, 

Vaishya and Shoodra  in which the society is divided as per

Sanatana Dharma, the religion of Hindus.            Braveet =

proclaimed.     Manuh = the sage called Manu, the father of

human race.     The rules of  conduct framed him  is called

Manusmriti.

i.e.         As per  Sanatan Dharma, the religion of Hindus, the 

Sage Manu, who is considered the originator of human race ,

has ordained  that  the four  main  tenets of  the Religion to be 

observed by the four main castes, namely Brahmins, Kshatriya,

Vaishya and Shoodra , are  sincerity, kindness, self-restraint

and restraint over organs of senses.