338 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta [Madhya-lila, Ch. 22

SYNONYMS

mukha—the mouth; bahu—the arms; Gru—the waist; padebhyah—from the
legs; purusasya—of the Supreme Person; asramaih—the different spiritual orders;
saha—with; catvarah—the four; jajfire—appeared; varnah—social orders;
gunaih—with particular qualifications; vipra-adayah—brahmanas and so on;
prthak—separately.

TRANSLATION
““‘From the mouth of Brahma, the brahminical order has come into exis-
tence. Similarly, from his arms the ksatriyas have come, from his waist the
vaisyas have come, and from his legs the sadras have come. These four orders
and their spiritual counterparts [brahmacarya, grhastha, vanaprastha and san-
nyadsa] combine to make human society complete.

TEXT 28
TT THA APETTASTM A |
F SHBASAS Waste ASAE Wr I

ya esam purusam saksad-
atma-prabhavam isvaram

na bhajanty avajananti
sthanad bhrastah patanty adhah

SYNONYMS

ye—anyone who; esém—of those divisions of social and spiritual orders;
purusam—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; saksdt—directly; atma-
prabhavam—the source of everyone; isvaram—the supreme controller; na—not;
bhajanti—worship; avajananti—or who neglect; sthanat—from their proper
place; bhrastah—being fallen; patanti—fall; adhah—downward into hellish con-
ditions.

TRANSLATION

“If one simply maintains an official position in the four varnas and aSramas
but does not worship the Supreme Lord Visnu, he falls down from his puffed-
up position into a hellish condition.’

TEXT 29

wall Hager vy sha ata |
qese We we ace Geshe [408 1 25 1
