View source for They have been put in one group: woman, vaisya and sudra, because they are not very intelligent. They can be molded by another intelligent man to the proper channel; therefore they require guidance

<div id="compilation">
<div id="facts">
{{terms|"They have been put in one group: woman, vaiśya and śūdra, because they are not very intelligent. They can be molded by another intelligent man to the proper channel; therefore they require guidance"}}
{{notes|}}
{{compiler|SharmisthaK}}
{{complete|ALL}}
{{first|2022-09-23T12:29:36Z}}
{{last|2022-09-23T12:29:36Z}}
{{totals_by_section|BG=0|SB=0|CC=0|OB=0|Lec=1|Con=0|Let=0}}
{{total|1}}
{{toc right}}
[[Category:They Have]]
[[Category:Have Been]]
[[Category:Put]]
[[Category:One]]
[[Category:Group]]
[[Category:Woman]]
[[Category:Mercantile Class - Vaisya]]
[[Category:Laborer Class - Sudra]]
[[Category:Because]]
[[Category:They Are Not]]
[[Category:Not Very Intelligent]]
[[Category:They Can]]
[[Category:Can Be]]
[[Category:Mold]]
[[Category:Another]]
[[Category:Man]]
[[Category:Proper Channel]]
[[Category:Therefore]]
[[Category:Require]]
[[Category:Guidance]]
[[Category:Pages Needing Audio - SHARMISTHA]]
</div>
<div id="section">
<h2>Lectures</h2>
</div>
<div id="sub_section">
<h3>Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures</h3>
</div>
<div class="quote">
<div class="quote_heading">
Kṛṣṇa says, striyaḥ śūdrā tathā . . . They have been put in one group: woman, vaiśya and śūdra, because they are not very intelligent. They can be molded by another intelligent man to the proper channel; therefore they require guidance. They require guidance.
</div>

<div class="quote_link">
[[Vanisource:761003 - Lecture SB 01.07.43 - Vrndavana|761003 - Lecture SB 01.07.43 - Vrndavana]]
</div>
<div class="text">
Arjuna, he also decided that although Kṛṣṇa ordered him to kill Aśvatthāmā . . . He's guru's son - although he's not brāhmaṇa, he's brahma-bandhu. He has been described as brahma-bandhu, not brāhmaṇa. But Draupadī, being woman, vāma-svabhāvā, very soft-hearted, she did not consider whether he's actually a brāhmaṇa. The son of a brāhmaṇa, that much she knew. This is the difference, how to calculate whether one is brāhmaṇa or not brāhmaṇa. Brāhmaṇa and brahma-bandhu, these two words are there. Just like if you are the son of a high-court judge, you can be called, you have got the right, that "son of a high-court judge." That is all right. But you cannot claim to become the high-court judge. That is not possible. Unless you are qualified, unless you are actually acting as high-court judge, you cannot be called a high-court judge. Simply by becoming the son of a high-court judge you cannot become the high-court judge. Similarly, simply by becoming the son of a brāhmaṇa, you cannot become a brāhmaṇa. A woman, vāma-svabhāvā, she can accept that "Because he's the son of a brāhmaṇa, he's brāhmaṇa." Therefore this word is used, vāma-svabhāvā. Because woman are considered less intelligent. In the Bhagavad-gītā . . . Their heart is very soft. Just like children, their heart is very soft. But their intelligence is not very sharp. That is the difference. Striyaḥ śūdrā tathā vaiśyāḥ ([[Vanisource:BG 9.32 (1972)|BG 9.32]]). Kṛṣṇa says, striyaḥ śūdrā tathā . . . They have been put in one group: woman, vaiśya and śūdra, because they are not very intelligent. They can be molded by another intelligent man to the proper channel; therefore they require guidance. They require guidance.

This morning I was reading about Sītā-devī being kidnapped by Rāvaṇa. Now, because there was not Rāmacandra present, and Lakṣmaṇa was also not present, she was unguarded, and Rāvaṇa took the opportunity to kidnap her. So even Sītā-devī, she is goddess of fortune, she is the spiritual potency of Lord Rāmacandra, she is not ordinary woman, but showing us the example that even Sītā-devī . . . Sītā-devī is the original potency. Of course, Rāvaṇa could not kidnap Sītā-devī as she is. That is not possible. This is described in another Purāṇa, that when Rāvaṇa came to kidnap Sītā, Sītā-devī disappeared from there, and she kept a māyā form, false form, and Rāvaṇa kidnapped her. This is stated in very authoritative scripture. When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was traveling in South India, a brāhmaṇa invited Him. So Caitanya Mahāprabhu at noontime went there, but He saw the brāhmaṇa has not cooked anything—there was nothing prepared—and he was crying and reading Rāmāyaṇa. So Caitanya Mahāprabhu inquired, "Brāhmaṇa, why you are in such a depressed condition, you are crying?" "Sir, I am so . . ." He was in the ecstasy of Hanumān, that "I am so unfortunate that Sītā-devī has been taken by Rāvaṇa, and I could not rescue her still." In this way he was puzzled, so he did not cook anything. Then Caitanya Mahāprabhu pacified him. Then he cooked. He could understand that "I invited . . ." It was done. Then, when he was returning . . . I forget the name of the Purāṇa.

Devotee: Kūrma Purāṇa.

Prabhupāda: Kūrma Purāṇa. He got evidences that Sītā-devī, when she was supposed to be kidnapped by Rāvaṇa, her a false form was kidnapped, and when Sītā-devī was tested, putting her into the fire, she entered into the fire and the māyā Sītā was burned and the original Sītā came out. So it was not possible for Rāvaṇa to touch even the lotus feet of mother Sītā. But apparently it is externally manifested that Sītā was taken away just to teach us that even Sītā-devī . . . Sītā-devī is the origin of all potencies of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Cit-śakti. Parāsya śaktir vividhaiva śrūyate ([[Vanisource:CC Madhya 13.65|CC Madhya 13.65]], purport). The Supreme Personality of Godhead has got many potencies, multipotencies, and one of the potency is hlādinī-śakti, pleasure potency. That pleasure potency is Sītā, Rādhārāṇī, Lakṣmī-devī. This has been described by Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī, rādhā kṛṣṇa-praṇaya-vikṛtir hlādinī-śaktir asmād ekātmānāv api deha-bhedaṁ gatau tau ([[Vanisource:CC Adi 1.5|CC Adi 1.5]]). These are described, that the Kṛṣṇa's pleasure potency, Rādhārāṇī, is Kṛṣṇa. But to take pleasure They became two. Ekātmānāv api deha-bhedaṁ gatau tau. They became divided into two: Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa. Again, Śrī Caitanya, prakaṭam. When Kṛṣṇa came as Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa combined together. Therefore the devotees of Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa or Caitanya Mahāprabhu, they worship śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya rādhā-kṛṣṇa nahe anya (Śrī Guru-paramparā text 6), they say. This is a fact. So Lord Rāmacandra is also Kṛṣṇa. Sītā-devī is also expansion of Rādhārāṇī. They are the same tattva.
</div>
</div>
</div>