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So pathana-pathana yajana-yajana. Then next business is brahmana should be a devotee, worshiping Deity, either Visnu or sometimes other demigod. So yajana-yajana. He will personally do it, and he will teach others how to worship. Pathana-pathana yajana. And his livelihood-by voluntary contribution. Whatever people will give, that's all right. People used to give brahmana. So pathana-pathana yajana-yajana dana-pratigraha. A brahmana would receive... People were very honest, that "This man is teaching our children. He does not charge. This man is teaching me how to worship, how to become well behaved." So they have no scarcity; enough. So he would simply use as much as he required; balance he will give in charity. Not that keep in stock for tomorrow. No. That is not brahmana's business. Whatever is come today, I use it for my necessities of life, and balance I give to the poor or somebody else, somebody else, somebody..., or make some festival. So pathana-pathana yajana-yajana dana-pratigraha. So we require some income for our maintenance. So this was the brahmana's business. There is no question of doing some business or making some profession or going to the office or going to the factory. This is not brahmana's business.    (More...)

So here... Teachers are generally brahmanas. Not generally; to become teacher is the business of the brahmanas. Brahmana means they have got six kinds of... Everyone must have livelihood. This material world is that you must work; otherwise you cannot get your livelihood. That is the law, whatever you may be.    (More...)

So here also, Devahūti, she was taking lesson from her son because the son knew the science of Krsna. It doesn't matter whether one is son or one is something else, or born in sūdra family or brahmana family or a sannyasi. We are concerned with the science of Krsna. That is required. Canakya Panḍita also. He was a politician. You know Canakya Panḍita. Under his name there is, New Delhi, quarter: Canakya Puri. He was a great politician, prime minister of Ma..., Samrat[?], Emperor Candragupta. He also advises. He has got a moral instruction, Canakya-sloka. He says that visad apy amrtam grahyam: "In the poison pot, if there is nectarine, you should accept it." Don't neglect it because it is on the poison pot. You are concerned with the nectarine. Take it. Visad apy amrtam grahyam amedhyad api kancanam. In a filthy place... Suppose in your lavatory, in a very filthy place, there is gold. So it doesn't matter. You should take it, gold. It is not that the gold is in the filthy place, therefore you should not touch it. Other metal you cannot touch. That is the Vedic injunction. But gold you can take. Amedhyad api kancanam. Visad apy amrtam grahyam amedhyad api kancanam, nicad api..., duskulad api. You can take some teachings, even one is born in lower-grade family. And the wife you can accept even she is, if she is qualified, and... Stri-ratnam duskulad api. Stri-ratnam. Ratna means jewel. If one girl is very qualified or beautiful, even she is born of lower family, you must accept. You can marry. This is Canakya Panḍita. Stri-ratnam duskulad api. Visad amrtam grahyam amedhyad api kancanam, nicad apy vidya. If a man born in nica, in lower-grade family, but if he's qualified, it doesn't matter. That is practically being done.    (More...)