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good bréhmanas showered their blessings, the child Krsna would be
happy. The blessings of qualified bréhmanas can bring happiness not
only to Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but to everyone. Be-
cause Krsna is self-sufficient, He does not require anyone’s blessings, yet
Nanda Maharaja thought that Krsna required the blessings of the
brahmanas. What then is to be said of others? In human society,
therefore, there must be an ideal class of men, brahmanas, who can
bestow blessings upon others, namely, upon the ksatriyas, vaisyas and
Siidras, so that everyone will be happy. Krsna therefore says in
Bhagavad-gita (4.13) that human society must have four social orders
(cétur-varnyarh maya srstam guna-karma-vibhagasah); it is not that
everyone should become a Sidra or a vaisya and human society will
prosper. As enunciated in Bhagavad-gitd, there must be a class of
brahmanas with qualities like satya (truthfulness), Sama (peacefulness),
dama (self-control) and titiksa (tolerance).

Here also, in the Bhaégavatam, Nanda Maharaja invites qualified
braéhmanas. There may be caste brahmanas, and we have all respect for
them, but their birth in bréhmana families does not mean that they are
qualified to bestow blessings upon the other members of human society.
This is the verdict of the sastras. In Kali-yuga, caste brdhmanas are ac-
cepted as brahmanas. Vipratve siitram eva hi (Bhag. 12.2.3): in Kali-
yuga, simply by putting on a thread worth two paise, one becomes a
brahmana. Such bréhmanas were not called for by Nanda Maharaja. As
stated by Narada Muni (Bhag. 7.11.35), yasya yal laksanarh proktam.
The symptoms of a brahmana are stated in Sdstra, and one must be
qualified with these symptoms.

The blessings of brahmanas who are not envious, disturbed or puffed
up with pride and false prestige and who are fully qualified with
truthfulness will be useful. Therefore a class of men must be trained as
bréhmanas from the very beginning. Brahmacari guru-kule vasan danto
guror hitam (Bhag. 7.12.1). The word dantah is very important. Dantah
refers to one who is not envious, disturbing or puffed up with false
prestige. With the Krsna consciousness movement, we are trying to in-
troduce such brdéhmanas in society. Bréhmanas must ultimately be
Vaisnavas, and if one is a Vaisnava, he has already acquired the
qualifications of a brahmana. Brahma-bhitah prasannatma (Bg. 18.54).
The word brahma-bhita refers to becoming a brahmana, or understand-
