[Assam] HPI

[xourov pathok]

> I will have to read the verse in detail. I think
> Krishna states bothways:
>
> Those who are born out of my head are the 
> Brahmins
> Those who are born out of my shoulder, are
> the Kshatriyas.
> Those who are born out of my stomach are the
> Vaishya.
> Those who are born out of my feet are the Sudras.

the above comes from the purusa sukta of the rig veda.
 this is the earliest reference to the varna system.

it is significant that this section comes from the
portion of the rig veda that was composed the last. 
the earlier portions were attributed to different
sages and their clans.  the later portions are not. 
this might mean that different clans were coming
together in the rig vedic times under a common order. 
the order is varnashram dharma.

and the gita is the most emphatic statement on the
varna system.  whereas the rest of the mahabharata is
largely irreligious, gita is not.  the basic statement
gita makes is: you may have moral and ethical dilemmas
but they pale in the face of the varnashram dharma. 
if you are a kshatriya it is your duty to fight, even
though in that fight you will kill your own kin.  the
gita places varna above all else.





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