Text 37] Dhruva Mahārāja Leaves Home for the Forest
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trained in brahminical qualities; they are trained as  śūdras , and thus in frustration they are becoming hippies. However, as soon as they enter the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement which is being started in America, they are trained to meet the brahminical qualifications, even though they have fallen to the lowest conditions as  śūdras . In other words, since the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is open for everyone, people in general can attain the brahminical qualifications. This is the greatest need at the present moment, for now there are actually no  brāhmaṇas  or  kṣatriyas  but only some  vaiśyas  and, for the most part,  śūdras . The classification of society into  brāhmaṇas ,  kṣatriyas ,  vaiśyas  and  śūdras  is very scientific. In the human social body, the  brāhmaṇas  are considered the head, the  kṣatriyas  are the arms, the  vaiśyas  are the belly, and the  śūdras  are the legs. At the present moment the body has legs and a belly, but there are no arms or head, and therefore society is topsy-turvy. It is necessary to reestablish the brahminical qualifications in order to raise the fallen human society to the highest standard of spiritual consciousness.
TEXT 37
पदं त्रिभुवनोत्कृष्टं जिगीषोः साधु वत्सं मे । 
    ब्रह्मसत्पितृभिर्ब्रह्मभ्रन्वैरप्यनधिष्ठितम् ॥३७॥
padam tri-bhuvanotkṛṣṭam 
    jigīṣoḥ sādhu vartma me 
    brūhy asmat-pitṛbhir brahmann 
    anyair apy anadhiṣṭhitam
padam—position; tri-bhuvana—the three worlds; utkṛṣṭam—the best; jigīṣoḥ—desirous; sādhu—honest; vartma—way; me—unto me; brūhi—please tell; asmat—our; pitṛbhiḥ—by the forefathers, the father and grandfather; brahman—O great brāhmaṇa; anyaiḥ—by others; api—even; anadhiṣṭhitam—not acquired.
TRANSLATION
O learned brāhmaṇa, I want to occupy a position more exalted than any yet achieved within the three worlds by anyone, even by my fathers and grandfathers. If you will oblige, kindly advise me of an honest path to follow by which I can achieve the goal of my life.