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One who is attached to the lowest quality, ignorance, his dharma is different from the person who is in the highest level of goodness. Therefore there are brahmin's dharma, ksatriya's dharma, vaisya's dharma and sudra's dharma

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"one who is attached to the lowest quality, ignorance, his dharma is different from the person who is in the highest level of goodness. Therefore there are brāhmin's dharma, kṣatriya's dharma, vaiśya's dharma and śūdra's dharma"

Lectures

Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures

There are three qualities, three modes of material nature. So one who is attached to the lowest quality, ignorance, his dharma is different from the person who is in the highest level of goodness. Therefore there are brāhmin's dharma, kṣatriya's dharma, vaiśya's dharma and śūdra's dharma.

Prabhupāda: So in the previous verse it has been discussed what is first-class religion. Sa vai puṁsāṁ paro dharmo yato bhaktir adhokṣaje (SB 1.2.6). In the lower, animal life, lower species of life, there is no question of religion. We have discussed many times that there is a gradual process of evolution from low . . . lower animal life to the human life. Aśītiṁ caturamś caiva. Aśīti means eighty, catura means four, lakṣām, eighty-four lakhs, 8,400,000. Non . . . to tell . . . janma paryayāt. This is the evolution. From lower animals, from fish to plants, trees, insects, reptiles, birds, beasts. In this way, we come to the human form of life, and this human form of life is meant for dharma.

Practically also we see that the state laws, state laws are meant for the human beings. State laws are not for the animals. Animals, they do not require to observe the state laws, neither they are able to do so. That is the difference between animal and human being.

So therefore dharma begins from human life. Dharma is the law given by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Just like laws are given by the state, similarly the dharma is given by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. And it is meant for the human being, not for the animal. But at the present moment, they are trying to go back to the animal life. Therefore dharma is neglected. Or practically there is no dharma.

Just yesterday, the Chief Minister, Asan, came. He was speaking that, "It has become a fashion of the modern age that to become irreligious is religious." Yes. That is fact. Therefore in any human civilization, any human society, it doesn't matter whether they're following the Vedic principles or other principles, there is a system of dharma in every human society. That is the beginning of human society.

Dharmeṇa hīnāḥ paśubhiḥ samānāḥ (Hitopadeśa). If there is no dharma, religious principles . . . religious principles includes all moral principles also, social principles, social laws, economic laws. Dharma, artha, kāma, mokṣa (SB 4.8.41, CC Adi 1.90). Dharma is the beginning. Then artha, economic development; then sense gratification; then mokṣa, one after another.

So dharma is the life of human beings. And there are different types of dharmas. Not that, as some rascals say, that all dharmas are equal. No. According to qualities. There are three qualities, three modes of material nature. So one who is attached to the lowest quality, ignorance, his dharma is different from the person who is in the highest level of goodness. Therefore there are brāhmin's dharma, kṣatriya's dharma, vaiśya's dharma and śūdra's dharma.

So what is śūdra's dharma, that is not brāhmin's dharma, because śūdra cannot execute the dharma of the brāhmiṇ. And the brāhmin also cannot come down to the status of śūdras. These are Vedic principles. Therefore in the Vedic society there are divisions: this class of men are brāhmins, this class of men kṣatriyas, this class of men are vaiśyas. Everything, their quality and their activities, are mentioned in the Bhagavad-gītā.

Samo damas titikṣā ārjavam, jñānaṁ vijñānam āstikyaṁ brahma-karma svabhāva-jam (BG 18.42). Śauryaṁ vīryaḥ yuddhe cāpy apalāyanam īśvara-bhāvaś ca (BG 18.43). Just like seven qualities for the kṣatriyas, seven qualities; nine qualities for the brāhmins; three qualities for the vaiśyas; and one quality for the śūdras. But the ultimate goal of life is to attain bhakti-yoga.

Page Title:One who is attached to the lowest quality, ignorance, his dharma is different from the person who is in the highest level of goodness. Therefore there are brahmin's dharma, ksatriya's dharma, vaisya's dharma and sudra's dharma
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Created:2023-03-09, 07:59:26
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