TEXT 19
asminn eva varse purusair labdha-janmabhih sukla-lohita-krsna-varnena svarabdhena karmana divya-manusa-naraka-gatayo bahvya atmana anupurvyena sarva hy eva sarvesam vidhiyante yatha-varna-vidhanam apavargas capi bhavati.
SYNONYMS
asmin eva varsein this tract of land (Bharata-varsa); purusaihby the people; labdha-janmabhihwho have taken birth; suklaof the mode of goodness; lohitaof the mode of passion; krsnaof the mode of ignorance; varnenaaccording to the division; svaby himself; arabdhenabegun; karmanaby activities; divyadivine; manusahuman; narakahellish; gatayahgoals; bahvyahmany; atmanahof his own; anupurvyenaaccording to acts performed previously; sarvahall; hicertainly; evaindeed; sarvesamof all of them; vidhiyanteare allotted; yatha-varna-vidhanamin terms of different castes; apavargahthe path of liberation; caand; apialso; bhavatiis possible.
TRANSLATION
The people who take birth in this tract of land are divided according to the qualities of material naturethe modes of goodness [sattva-guna], passion [rajo-guna], and ignorance [tamo-guna]. Some of them are born as exalted personalities, some are ordinary human beings, and some are extremely abominable, for in Bharata-varsa one takes birth exactly according to ones past karma. If ones position is ascertained by a bona fide spiritual master and one is properly trained to engage in the service of Lord Visnu according to the four social divisions [brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya and sudra] and the four spiritual divisions [brahmacari, grhastha, vanaprastha and sannyasa], ones life becomes perfect.
PURPORT
For further information, one should refer to Bhagavad-gita (14.18 and 18.4245). Srila Ramanujacarya writes in his book Vedanta-sangraha:
evam-vidha-parabhakti-svarupa-jnana-visesasyotpadakah purvoktaharahar upaciyamana-jnana-purvaka-karmanugrhita-bhakti-yoga eva; yathoktam bhagavata parasarenavarnasrameti. nikhila-jagad-uddharanayavanitale vatirnam para-brahma-bhutah purusottamah svayam etad uktavansvakarma-niratah siddhim yatha vindati tac chrnu yatah pravrttir bhutanam yena sarvam idam tatam / svakarmana tam abhyarcya siddhim vindati manavah
Quoting from the Visnu Purana (389), the great sage Parasara Muni has recommended:
varnasramacaravata
purusena parah puman
visnur aradhyate pantha
nanyat tat-tosa-karanam
The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Visnu, is worshiped by the proper execution of prescribed duties in the system of varna and asrama. There is no other way to satisfy the Lord. In the land of Bharata-varsa, the institution of varnasrama-dharma may be easily adopted. At the present moment, certain demoniac sections of the population of Bharatavarsa are disregarding the system of varnasrama-dharma. Because there is no institution to teach people how to become brahmanas, ksatriyas, vaisyas and sudras or brahmacaris, grhasthas, vanaprasthas and sannyasis, these demons want a classless society. This is resulting in chaotic conditions. In the name of secular government, unqualified people are taking the supreme governmental posts. No one is being trained to act according to the principles of varnasrama-dharma, and thus people are becoming increasingly degraded and are heading in the direction of animal life. The real aim of life is liberation, but unfortunately the opportunity for liberation is being denied to people in general, and therefore their human lives are being spoiled. The Krsna consciousness movement, however, is being propagated all over the world to reestablish the varnasrama-dharma system and thus save human society from gliding down to hellish life.

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