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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[ Canto 3, Ch. 21 ]
TRANSLATION
If you gave up all thought of the world's situation, unrighteousness would flourish, for men who hanker only after money would be unopposed. Such miscreants would attack, and the world would perish.
PURPORT
Because the scientific division of four  varṇas  and four  āśramas  is now being extinguished, the entire world is being governed by unwanted men who have no training in religion, politics or social order, and it is in a very deplorable condition. In the institution of four  varṇas  and four  āśramas  there are regular training principles for the different classes of men. Just as, in the modern age, there is a necessity for engineers, medical practitioners and electricians and they are properly trained in different scientific institutions, similarly, in former times, the higher social orders, namely the intelligent class (the  brāhmaṇas ), the ruling class (the  kṣatriyas ), and the mercantile class (the  vaiśyas ), were properly trained.  Bhagavad-gītā  describes the duties of the  brāhmaṇas ,  kṣatriyas ,  vaiśyas  and  śūdras . When there is no such training, one simply claims that because he is born in a  brāhmaṇa  or  kṣatriya  family, he is therefore a  brāhmaṇa  or a  kṣatriya , even though he performs the duties of a  śūdra . Such undue claims to being a higher caste man make the system of scientific social orders into a caste system, completely degrading the original system. Thus society is now in chaos, and there is neither peace nor prosperity. It is clearly stated herein that unless there is the vigilance of a strong king, impious, unqualified men will claim a certain status in society, and that will make the social order perish.
TEXT 56
अथापि पृच्छे त्वां वीर यदर्थे त्वमिहागतः ।
तद्वयं निर्व्यलीकेन प्रतिपद्यामहे हृदा ॥५६॥
athāpi pṛcche tvām vīra yad-artham tvam ihāgataḥ tad vayam nirvyalīkena pratipadyāmahe hṛdā
athāpi—in spite of all this; pṛcche—I ask; tvām—you; vīra—O valiant King; yat-artham—the purpose; tvam—you; iha—here; āgataḥ—have come; tat—that; vayam—we; nirvyalīkena—without reservation; pratipadyāmahe—we shall carry out; hṛdā—with heart and soul.