ब्रह्म जिन्वतं उत जिन्वतं धियो।

ब्रह्म जिन्वतं उत जिन्वतं धियो।

क्षत्रं जिन्वतं उत जिन्वतं नॄन्।

धेनुर् जिन्वतं उत जिन्वतं विराः।

ऋग्वेद 8 35 16 17 18

The rigvedic wishes for the threefold activity that alone can sustain the society in healthy balance

Animate the power of knowledge and make it flourish

Animate the fighting power in us and make us flourish

Nourish the cattle and cows and strengthen the welfare of masses of people.

The Vedic people understood the importance of learning armed strength and activities connected with agriculture and trade as equally significant factors for healthy existence.

The classification in activities of people constituting the state too arose from this idea.

They wanted all these in right proportion and there seems to be no particular importance indicated for one class of activity over the other two.

That was a no nonsense balanced social existence

Regards

K v ananthanarayanan