# SB 7.11.24 > शूद्रस्य सन्नतिः शौचं सेवा स्वामिन्यमायया > अमन्त्रयज्ञओ ह्यस्तेयं सत्यं गोविप्ररक्षणम ॥२४॥ ## Text > śūdrasya sannatiḥ śaucaṁ > sevā svāminy amāyayā > amantra-yajño hy asteyaṁ > satyaṁ go-vipra-rakṣaṇam ## Synonyms *śūdrasya*—of the *śūdra* (the fourth grade of man in society, the worker); *sannatiḥ*—obedience to the higher classes (the *brāhmaṇas, kṣatriyas* and *vaiśyas*); *śaucam*—cleanliness; *sevā*—service; *svāmini*—to the master who maintains him; *amāyayā*—without duplicity; *amantra-yajñaḥ*—performance of sacrifices simply by offering obeisances (without *mantras*); *hi*—certainly; *asteyam*—practicing not to steal; *satyam*—truthfulness; *go*—cows; *vipra*—*brahmaṇas*; *rakṣaṇam*—protecting. ## Translation **Offering obeisances to the higher sections of society [the brāhmaṇas, kṣatriyas and vaiśyas], being always very clean, being free from duplicity, serving one's master, performing sacrifices without uttering mantras, not stealing, always speaking the truth and giving all protection to the cows and brāhmaṇas—these are the symptoms of the śūdra.** ## Purport It is everyone's experience that workers or servants are generally accustomed to stealing. A first-class servant is one who does not steal. Here it is recommended that a first-class *śūdra* must remain very clean, must not steal or speak lies, and must always render service to his master. A *śūdra* may attend sacrifices and Vedic ritualistic ceremonies along with his master, but he should not utter the *mantras,* for these may be uttered only by the members of the higher sections of society. Unless one is completely pure and has been raised to the standard of a *brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya* or *vaiśya*—in other words, unless one is *dvija,* twice-born—the chanting of *mantras* will not be fruitful.