Text 13] The Perfect Society: Four Social Classes
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Lord Brahmā;  jagāda —sanctioned;  yam —who;  ijyā —worshiping;  adhyayana —studies of the  Vedas ;  dānāni —and charity;  vihitāni —prescribed;  dvi-janmanām —of persons who are called twiceborn;  janma —by birth;  karma —and activities;  avadātānām —who are purified;  kriyāḥ —activities;  ca —also;  āśrama-coditāḥ —recommended for the four  āśramas .
TRANSLATION
Those who have been reformed by the garbhādhāna ceremony and other prescribed reformatory methods, performed with Vedic mantras and without interruption, and who have been approved by Lord Brahmā, are  dvijas , or twiceborn. Such  brāhmaṇas ,  kṣatriyas  and  vaiśyas , purified by their family traditions and by their behavior, should worship the Lord, study the Vedas and give charity. In this system, they should follow the principles of the four  āśramas  [ brahmacarya ,  gṛhastha ,  vānaprastha  and  sannyāsa ].
PURPORT
After giving a general list of thirty qualifications for one's behavior, Nārada Muni now describes the principles of the four  varṇas  and four  āśramas . A human being must be trained in the above-mentioned thirty qualities; otherwise, he is not even a human being. Then, among such qualified persons, the  varṇāśrama  process should be introduced. In the  varṇāśrama  system, the first ceremony for purification is  garbhādhāna , which is performed with  mantras  at the time of sex for propagating a good child. One who uses sex life not for sensual pleasures but only to beget children according to the reformatory method is also accepted as a  brahmacārī . One should not waste semen on sensual pleasure, violating the principles of Vedic life. Restraint in sex is possible, however, only when the populace is trained in the above-mentioned thirty qualities; otherwise, it is not possible. Even if one is born in a family of  dvijas , or twiceborn, if they have not followed the reformatory process he is called a  dvija-bandhu —not one of the twiceborn, but a friend of the twiceborn. The whole purpose of this system is to create good population. As stated in  Bhagavad-gītā , when women are polluted the populace is  varṇa-sanikara , and when the  varṇa-sanikara  population increases, the situation of the entire world becomes hellish. Therefore, all the Vedic literatures