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The Perfect Society: Four Social Classes
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TEXT 35
यस्य यस्तुक्षणं प्रोक्तं पुंसो वर्णामिव्यञ्जकम् ।  
 यदन्यश्रापि दृश्येत तत् तेनैव विनिर्दिशेत् ॥३५॥
yasya yal lakṣaṇam proktam 
    puṁso varṇābhivyañjakam 
    yad anyatrāpi dṛśyeta 
    tat tenaiva vinirdiśet
yasya —of whom;  yat —which;  lakṣaṇam —symptom;  proktam —described (above);  puṁsaḥ —of a person;  varṇa-abhivyañjakam —indicating the classification ( brāhmaṇa ,  kṣatriya ,  vaiśya ,  śūdra , etc.);  yat —if;  anyatra —elsewhere;  api —also;  dṛśyeta —is seen;  tat —that;  tena —by that symptom;  eva —certainly;  vinirdiśet —one should designate.
TRANSLATION
If one shows the symptoms of being a brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya or śūdra, as described above, even if he has appeared in a different class, he should be accepted according to those symptoms of classification.
PURPORT
Herein it is clearly stated by Nārada Muni that one should not be accepted as a  brāhmaṇa ,  kṣatriya ,  vaiśya  or  śūdra  according to birth, for although this is going on now, it is not accepted by the  śāstras . As stated in  Bhagavad-gītā  (4.13),  cātur-varṇyam mayā sṛṣṭam guṇa-karma-vibhāgaśaḥ . Thus the four divisions of society— brāhmaṇa ,  kṣatriya ,  vaiśya  and  śūdra —are to be ascertained according to qualities and activities. If one was born in a  brāhmaṇa  family and has acquired the brahminical qualifications, he is to be accepted as a  brāhmaṇa ; otherwise, he should be considered a  brahma-bandhu . Similarly, if a  śūdra  acquires the qualities of a  brāhmaṇa , although he was born in a  śūdra  family, he is not a  śūdra ; because he has developed the qualities of a  brāhmaṇa , he should be accepted as a  brāhmaṇa . The  Kṛṣṇa  consciousness movement is meant to develop these brahminical qualities. Regardless of the community in which one was born, if one develops the qualities of a  brāhmaṇa  he should be accepted as a  brāhmaṇa , and he