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When the father is going to give birth to the child, he has to undergo a ritualistic ceremony, which is called garbhādhāna-saṁskāra, seed-giving ceremony. That is the Vedic function, garbhādhāna. But in the Kali-yuga all these saṁskāras are not followed strictly. Otherwise, according to śāstra, if these garbhādhāna-saṁskāra is not done... Garbhādhāna-saṁskāra is especially recommended for the brāhmaṇas, the kṣatriyas and the vaiśyas—especially the brāhmaṇas.
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So long we are in this bodily concept of life, then as long as we are feeling like that, all our activities are our defeat. ''Parābhava''. ''Parābhavas tāvad abodha-jāto'' ([[vanisource:SB 5.5.5|SB 5.5.5]]). ''Abodha-jātaḥ''. The animals or the human beings—everyone, just like this child—''abodha-jātaḥ'': born ignorant. Similarly, human being, if he remains under the bodily concept of life, then he is ignorant. That is called ''śūdra. Janmanā jāyate śūdraḥ'': the Vedic culture says that everyone born is a ''śūdra''. Therefore he has to be given knowledge, exactly like we send our children to schools, colleges. Why? To get knowledge.

Similarly, if we remain satisfied simply with the birth by our father or mother, that is ''śūdra'' condition. One has to be raised to the brahminical condition. ''Janmanā'' . . . there is a process. The process is ''janmanā jāyate śūdraḥ''. Everyone is born ''śūdra'' by birth. It is not that by birth one becomes ''brahmin''; otherwise the ''śāstra'' would not have stated like this, that ''janmanā jāyate śūdraḥ'': "By birth everyone is ''śūdra''." ''Saṁskārād dhi bhaved dvijaḥ'': but when he has executed the purificatory process, sanctifying process . . .

There are ten kinds of sanctifying process. Even when the father is going to give birth to the child, he has to undergo a ritualistic ceremony, which is called ''garbhādhāna-saṁskāra'', seed-giving ceremony. That is the Vedic function, ''garbhādhāna''. But in the Kali-yuga all these ''saṁskāras'' are not followed strictly. Otherwise, according to ''śāstra'', if these ''garbhādhāna-saṁskāra'' is not done . . . ''Garbhādhāna-saṁskāra'' is especially recommended for the ''brahmins'', the ''kṣatriyas'' and the ''vaiśyas''—especially the ''brahmins''.
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