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The Nectar of Devotion
getting Him at any moment is meant to be followed by everyone without fail.
If this injunction is followed, then all other rules and regulations will automatically fall into line. All other rules and regulations should be treated as assistants or servants to this one basic principle. The injunctions of rules and regulations and the resultant reactions are mentioned in the Eleventh Canto of  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam , 5th Chapter, 1st and 2nd verses. Camasa Muni, one of the nine sages who came to instruct King Nimi, addressed the King and said, “The four social orders, namely the  brāhmaṇas , the  kṣatriyas , the  vaiśyas , and the  śūdras , have come out of the different parts of the universal form of the Supreme Lord as follows: the  brāhmaṇas  have come out from the head, the  kṣatriyas  have come out from the arms, the  vaiśyas  have come out from the waist, and the  śūdras  have come out from the legs. Similarly, the  sannyāsīs  have come out from the head, the  vānaprasthas  from the arms, the  gṛhasthas  from the waist, and the  brahma-cārīs  from the legs.”
These different orders of society and grades of spiritual advancement are conceived in terms of qualification. It is confirmed in the  Bhagavad-gītā  that the four social orders and the four spiritual orders are created by the Lord Himself, in terms of different individual qualities. As the different parts of the body have different types of activities, so the social orders and spiritual orders also have different types of activities in terms of qualification and position. The target of these activities, however, is always the Supreme Personality of Godhead. As confirmed in the  Bhagavad-gītā , “He is the supreme enjoyer.” So whether one is a  brāhmaṇa  or a  śūdra , he has to satisfy the Supreme Lord by his activities. This is also confirmed in the  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  by a verse which reads: “Everyone must be engaged in his particular duty, but the perfection of such work should be tested by how far the Lord is satisfied with such activities.” The injunction herein is that one has to act according to his position, and by such activities one must either satisfy the Supreme Personality or else fall down from his position.
For example, a  brāhmaṇa  who is born out of the head of the Lord has as his business to preach the transcendental Vedic sounds, or  śabda-