36 Elevation to Krsna Consciousness

also. At the present moment there is a great necessity
for brahmanas, because almost everyone is a sudra,
for almost everyone is wholly engaged in maintaining
the body, eating, sleeping, mating and defending—
all symptoms of animals and sudras.

Society cannot be peaceful unless there are four
divisions of human beings functioning in harmony
with one another. These four divisions are comprised
of brahmanas, ksatriyas, vaisyas and sudras. These are
discussed by Krsna in Bhagavad-gita in this way:

catur-varnyam maya srstam
guna-karma-vibhagasah

tasya kartaram api mam
viddhy akartaram avyayam

“According to the three modes of material nature
and the work ascribed to them, the four divisions
of human society were created by Me. And, although
I am the creator of this system, you should know
that I am yet the non-doer, being unchangeable.”
(Bg. 4.13)

These four divisions of men in human society are
natural, not artificial, because in the material world
everything is operating under the influence of the
three modes of material nature—goodness, passion
and ignorance. As long as we are in the material
world, it is not possible to classify everyone in the
same category because each and every person is
working under the influence of the modes of mate-
rial nature. However, when we transcend the material
plane, there is oneness. At that time, all the divisions
fall apart. The question is therefore how to transcend
