SB 07.11.35 yasya yal laksanam proktam... cited
Expressions researched:
"pumso varnabhivyanjakam"
|"should be accepted according to those symptoms of classification"
|"tat tenaiva vinirdiset"
|"yad anyatrapi drsyeta"
|"yasya yal laksanam proktam"
Srimad-Bhagavatam
SB Canto 4
Even if one is a brāhmaṇa and is qualified with all the brahminical qualifications, he is considered degraded if he is averse to worshiping the Supreme Personality of Godhead. But if a person is attached to the service of the Lord, he becomes glorified even if he is born in a caṇḍāla family. Indeed, such a caṇḍāla can deliver not only himself but all his family predecessors. Without devotional service, even a proud brāhmaṇa cannot deliver himself, and what to speak of his family. In many instances in the śāstras it is seen that even a brāhmaṇa has become a kṣatriya, vaiśya, śūdra, mleccha or non-brāhmaṇa. And there are many instances of one's being born a kṣatriya or vaiśya or even lower and, in the eighteenth year, attaining elevation to the brahminical platform by the process of initiation. Therefore Nārada Muni says:
- yasya yal lakṣaṇaṁ proktaṁ
- puṁso varṇābhivyañjakam
- yad anyatrāpi dṛśyeta
- tat tenaiva vinirdiśet
- (SB 7.11.35)
It is not a fact that because one is born in a brāhmaṇa family he is automatically a brāhmaṇa. He has a better chance to become a brāhmaṇa, but unless he meets all the brahminical qualifications, he cannot be accepted as such. On the other hand, if the brahminical qualifications are found in the person of a śūdra, he should immediately be accepted as a brāhmaṇa. To substantiate this there are many quotations from Bhāgavatam, Mahābhārata, Bharadvāja-saṁhitā and the pañcarātra, as well as many other scriptures.
Page Title: | SB 07.11.35 yasya yal laksanam proktam... cited |
Compiler: | MadhuGopaldas, JayaNitaiGaura |
Created: | 04 of May, 2011 |
Totals by Section: | BG=0, SB=8, CC=4, OB=0, Lec=28, Con=11, Let=1 |
No. of Quotes: | 52 |