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Transcendental Knowledge
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१९८८  मधील १३ वे दशक
चातुर्वर्ण्यं मया सृष्टं गुणकर्मविभागशः । तस्य कर्तारमपि मां विच्छ्रकर्तारमव्ययम् ॥१३॥
cātur-varṇyaṁ mayā sṛṣṭaṁ guṇa-karma-vibhāgaśaḥ tasya kartāram api māṁ viddh⋎ akartāram avyayam
cātur-varṇyam —the four divisions of human society;  mayā —by Me;  sṛṣṭam —created;  guṇa —quality;  karma —work;  vibhāgaśaḥ —in terms of division;  tasya —of that;  kartāram —the father;  api —although;  mām —Me;  viddhi —you may know;  akartāram —as the non-doer;  avyayam —being unchangeable.
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.
PURPORT
The Lord is the creator of everything. Everything is born of Him, everything is sustained by Him, and everything, after annihilation, rests in Him. He is therefore the creator of the four divisions of the social order, beginning with the intelligent class of men, technically called  brāhmaṇas  due to their being situated in the mode of goodness. Next is the administrative class, technically called the  kṣatriyas  due to their being situated in the mode of passion. The mercantile men, called the  vaiśyas , are situated in the mixed modes of passion and ignorance, and the  śūdras , or laborer class, are situated in the ignorant mode of material nature. In spite of His creating the four divisions of human society, Lord Kṛṣṇa does not belong to any of these divisions, because He is not one of the conditioned souls, a section of whom form human society. Human society is similar to any other animal society, but to elevate men from the animal status, the above-mentioned divisions are created by the Lord for the systematic development of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. The tendency of a particular man toward work is determined by the modes of material nature which he has acquired.