Text 44]
Lord Brahmā Satisfies Lord Śiva
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त्वयैव लोकेऽवसिताश्च सेतवो
यान्त्राक्षणाः श्रद्धते धृतव्रताः ॥४४॥
tvam eva dharmārtha-dughābhipattaye dakṣeṇa sūtreṇa sasarjithādhvaram tvayaiva loke 'vasitāś ca setavo yān brāhmaṇāḥ śraddadhate dhṛta-vratāḥ
tvam—your lordship; eva—certainly; dharma-artha-dugha—benefit derived from religion and economic development; abhipattaye—for their protection; dakṣeṇa—by Dakṣa; sūtreṇa—making him the cause; sasarjitha—created; adhvaram—sacrifices; tvayā—by you; eva—certainly; loke—in this world; avasitāḥ—regulated; ca—and; setavaḥ—respect for the varṇāśrama institution; yān—which; brāhmaṇāḥ—the brāhmaṇas; śraddadhate—respect very much; dhṛta-vratāḥ—taking it as vow.
TRANSLATION
My dear lord, your lordship has introduced the system of sacrifices through the agency of Dakṣa and thus one may derive the benefits of religious activities and economic development. Under your regulative principles, the institution of the four varṇas and āśramas is respected. The brāhmaṇas therefore vow to follow this system strictly.
PURPORT
The Vedic system of  varṇa  and  āśrama  is never to be neglected because these divisions are created by the Supreme Lord Himself for the upkeep of social and religious order in human society. The  brāhmaṇas , as the intelligent class of men in society, must be avowed to steadily respect this regulative principle. The tendency in this age of Kali to make a classless society and not observe the principles of  varṇa  and  āśrama  is a manifestation of an impossible dream. Destruction of the social and spiritual orders will not bring fulfillment of the idea of a classless society. One should observe the principles of  varṇa  and  āśrama  strictly for the satisfaction of the creator, for it is stated in the  Bhagavad-gītā  by Lord Kṛṣṇa that the four orders of the social system— brāhmaṇas ,  kṣatriyas ,  vaiśyas  and  śūdras —are His creation. They should act according to the regulative principles of this institution and satisfy the Lord, just as different parts of the body all engage in the service of the whole. The whole is the Supreme Personality of Godhead in His  virāṭa-rūpa  or universal form. The  brāhmaṇas ,  kṣatriyas ,  vaiśyas  and  śūdras  are respectively the mouth, arms, abdomen and legs of