In Bagavad Gita 4.13 Krishna says
catur-varnyam maya srstam
guna-karma-vibhagasah
tasya kartaram api mam
viddhy akartaram avyayam
TRANSLATION
According to the three modes of material nature and the work ascribed to them, the four divisions of human society were created by Me. And, although I am the creator of this system, you should know that I am yet the non-doer, being unchangeable.
There is a general opinion that if everyone gets good modern day education, economic and social disparity will no longer exist.
Even in a developed country we come across people who lay roads, clean others homes, take up menial jobs to make their living. In any part of the world there are a set of people whose work is to assist others.
In the developed countries, school education is free and there are plenty of scholarships for those who want to pursue university education. Some take up these opportunities and become professionals, some pursue business, some join the defense or police forces and some take up jobs that would assist the other professions. The Lords says according to ones nature the individual chooses his work. Hence based on guna and karma the Lord made four divisions of society namely brahmana, kshatriya, vaishya and shudra.
India's caste system is the ugly watered down version of the varnashrama darma. However, the varna division is there all over the world. It is a natural phenomenon.
catur-varnyam maya srstam
guna-karma-vibhagasah
tasya kartaram api mam
viddhy akartaram avyayam
TRANSLATION
According to the three modes of material nature and the work ascribed to them, the four divisions of human society were created by Me. And, although I am the creator of this system, you should know that I am yet the non-doer, being unchangeable.
There is a general opinion that if everyone gets good modern day education, economic and social disparity will no longer exist.
Even in a developed country we come across people who lay roads, clean others homes, take up menial jobs to make their living. In any part of the world there are a set of people whose work is to assist others.
In the developed countries, school education is free and there are plenty of scholarships for those who want to pursue university education. Some take up these opportunities and become professionals, some pursue business, some join the defense or police forces and some take up jobs that would assist the other professions. The Lords says according to ones nature the individual chooses his work. Hence based on guna and karma the Lord made four divisions of society namely brahmana, kshatriya, vaishya and shudra.
India's caste system is the ugly watered down version of the varnashrama darma. However, the varna division is there all over the world. It is a natural phenomenon.
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