question from Amavasya dd

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> Dear Sri Visnupada,

> please accept my most humble obeisances.

>

> In BG. 7.16. Krsna speaks about four kinds of pious men, who begin

> to render devotional service unto Him - the distressed, the desirer

> of wealth, the inquisitive, and he who is searching for knowledge of

> the Absolute.

>

> In german translation they used the word "der Neugierige" for the

> inquisitive, which also means something like "the curious one".

>

> I got the impression, that Krsna describes here the four kinds of

> varnas: the distressed-the sudra, the desirer of wealth- vaisya, the

> inquisitive (in the sense of the curious adventurer)- ksatriya, and

> the one who is searching for knowledge of the Absolute- brahmana.

>

> I would like to know if this is complete speculation or if one can

> see such relations.

>

> Your servant Amavasya dd

 

I think I spoke about this in the OSI book? Yes, what you have

suggested is quite correct. And it also makes perfect sense too.