Varnasrama - what is its use?

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> Brahmana-ksatriya-vaisya. Vaisya means the productive class of men. Their

> business is how to produce food for all the society and give protection to

> the cows. Krsi-goraksya-vanijyam vaisya-karma svabhava-jam [bg 18.44].

 

> There must be sufficient milk in the human society. If you drink more milk

> and milk products, then your brain will be very sharp. You will understand

> things very nicely, corectly. Therefore milk is very important.

 

> In the Vedic sastra cow protection is recommended. Why? Because milk is

> very, very important thing. Milk is... What about the meat-eaters? If

> there are meat-eaters, they can eat other animals, but especially they

> should not eat the cow. They should give them protection. So because the

> vaisyas, the first class, second class, third class, they are meant for

> producing food for the society... So milk is very important. Therefore it

> is recommended, krsi-goraksya-vanijyam. And if there is excess, they can

> trade.

 

> And this is the first class, second class, third class. And those who

> cannot act as first-class men or as second-class men or third-class men --

> that means fourth-class men -- they are called laborer or worker class of

> men.

 

> So it is not that because one person is belonging to the worker class and

> another person is becoming the first class, there is differentiation. No.

> Everyone is important.

 

> Just like in this body the head is very important.

> That is a fact. If the head is cut off, then whole body is finished. But

> that does not mean that head is simply required without leg. Leg is also

> required; the hand is also required; the belly is also required.

 

> Similarly, the first-class man, the second-class man, the third-class man

> and the fourth-class man, all of them are equal provided they are adjusted

> for the higher aim of life, the higher aim of life -- the brain.

 

> The brain means... First-class brain means to realize self, to understand

> God, and do accordingly.

 

> This is required. This is called varnasrama-dharma.

 

> So unless one takes to the varnasrama-dharma as they are prescribed, it is

> not human society. It is cats' and dogs' society, and you cannot be happy,

> however you may adjust, in a society who is filled up with cats and dogs.

> That is not possible.

 

> So this Vedic instruction, it is not meant for any particular person, any

> community or any country. It is meant for everyone. So we should take

> advantage. We are therefore publishing in English so many books so that

> people may understand. English language is spoken practically all over the

> world, and we are selling also.

 

Srila Prabhupada in the SB.