Text 27]
Ajāmila Delivered by the Viṣṇudūtas
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aho me paramaṁ kaṣṭam abhūd avijitātmanaḥ yena viplāvitaṁ brahma vṛṣalyāṁ jāyatātmanā
aho—alas; me—my; paramam—extreme; kaṣṭam—miserable condition; abhūt—became; avijita-ātmanaḥ—because my senses were uncontrolled; yena—by which; viplāvitam—destroyed; brahma—all my brahminical qualifications; vṛṣalyām—through a śudrāṇī, a maidservant; jāyatā—being born; ātmanā—by me.
TRANSLATION
Ajāmila said: Alas, being a servant of my senses, how degraded I became! I fell down from my position as a duly qualified brāhmaṇa and begot children in the womb of a prostitute.
PURPORT
The men of the higher classes—the  brāhmaṇas ,  kṣatriyas  and  vaiśyas —do not beget children in the wombs of lower-class women. Therefore the custom in Vedic society is to examine the horoscopes of a girl and boy being considered for marriage to see whether their combination is suitable. Vedic astrology reveals whether one has been born in the  vipra-varṇa ,  kṣatriya-varṇa ,  vaiśya-varṇa  or  śudra-varṇa , according to the three qualities of material nature. This must be examined because a marriage between a boy of the  vipra-varṇa  and a girl of the  śudra-varṇa  is incompatible; married life would be miserable for both husband and wife. Consequently a boy should marry a girl of the same category. Of course, this is  trai-guṇya , a material calculation according to the  Vedas , but if the boy and girl are devotees there need be no such considerations. A devotee is transcendental, and therefore in a marriage between devotees, the boy and girl form a very happy combination.
TEXT 27
धिष्ठां विगर्हितं सद्भिर्दुष्कृतं कुलकजलम् ।
हित्वा बालां सतीं योऽहं सुरापीपसतीमगाम् ॥२७॥