Sri Sadhguro Pahimam Parama Dayalu Rakshamam

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Dear Members

" Hindu Dharma " is a book published by Bharatiya Vidya

Bhavan which contains English translation of two volumes of the Tamil

Book " Deivatthin Kural " ; which is a collection of invaluable and

engrossing speeches of Sri Sri Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi

MahaSwamiji.

 

http://kamakoti.org/hindudharma/part5/chap37.htm

 

Brahmins and Non-Brahmins

 

What

about non- Brahmins? Is it not necessary for them too to become

pure within? Even if they do not have to perform Vedic rituals or

chant mantras, they too have to become cleansed inwardly by doing

their alloted work. Whatever his caste or jati, if a man performs

his hereditary work in a spirit of dedication to Isvara he will

become liberated. This is stated

clearly in the Gita: " Svakaramana

tam abhyarcya siddhim vindati manavah. "

 

One

man has the job of waging wars, another that of trading and

rearing cattle, a third has manual work to do. What work does the

Brahmin do for soceity?

 

Is

not he grace of the Supreme-Being important even in worldly life?

The Brahmin's vocation is doing such works as would enable all

jatis earn this grace. The devas or celestials are like the

officials of the Paramatman. It is the duty of the Brahmin to

make all creatures of the world dear to them. The work he

performs, the mantras he chants are intended to do good to all

jatis. Since he has to do with forces that are extra-mundane, he

has to follow a religious discipline of rites and vows more

strictly than what others have to follow so as to impart potency

to the mantras. If it were realised that he has to perform

rituals and observe vows for the sake of other communities also,

people would not harbour the wrong notion that he has been

assigned some special [ priveleged] job.

 

Apart

from this, the Brahmin has to learn the arts and sastras that

pertain to worldly life, the traits and vocations of all other

castes and instruct them in such work as is theirs by heredity.

His calling is that of the teacher and he must not do other jobs.

His is a vocation entailing great responsibility and is more

important than the job of affording bodily protection to people,

or of trade or labour. For the Brahmin's duty is to preserve the

arts and crafts and other skills by which other communities

maintain themselves to nurture their minds and impart them

knowledge.

 

If

the man discharging such a responsibility is not mentally mature,

his work will not yield the desired results. If he himself is not

noble of mind he will not be able to rise others to a high level.

At the same time, he has a handicap which he does not share with

others. If he believes that he is superior to others because he

does intellectual work, he will only be a hindrance to himself.

That is why the Brahmin has to be rendered pure. Since there are

reasons for him to feel superior to others, there must be the

assurance that he does not suffer from the least trace of egoism

and arrogance. That is why he is tempered by means of the forty samskaras and

his impurities wrung out.

 

If

the mantras are to be efficacious, the one who chants them must

be disciplined and must observe a variety of vows. There is, for

instance, the mantra to cure a person stung by a scorpion. The

man who chants it must observe certain strict rules. If he is lax

in the matter, the mantra will have no effect- this is what the

mantrikas themselves say. There are rules for the recitation of

each mantra, a time when it is to be chanted and when it is not

to be. If the rules are violated it will have no effect. It is

said that the mantras are more efficacious when recited during

eclipses.

 

A

Vedic sakha contains all the rites needed to be performed by a

Brahmin to become pure within.

JAYA JAYA SANKARA HARA HARA SANKARA

 

Thwameva Maathaa Cha Pithaa Thwameva Thwameva Bhandhuscha Sakhaa Thwameva

Thwameva Vidhyaa Dhravinam Thwameva Thwameva Sarvam Mama Dheva Dheva.