PURPORT

The varnasrama-dharma, or the institution of the four divisions and orders of social and spiritual life, is not a new invention of the modern age, as proposed by the less intelligent. It is an institution established by Brahma from the beginning of the creation. This is also confirmed in the Bhagavad-gita, in the Fourth Chapter: catur-varnyam mayasrstam (Bg. 4.13).