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fully engaged in transcendental knowledge; niskriyau—stopping all kinds
of activities.
TRANSLATION
The four divisions of retired life are the vaikhanasas, valakhilyas,
audumbaras and phenapas. The four divisions of the renounced order of
life are the kuti-cakas, bahvodas, hanisas and niskriyas. All these were
manifested from Brahma.
PURPORT
The varnasrama-dharma, or the institution of the four divisions and
orders of social and spiritual life, is not a new invention of the modern age,
as proposed by the less intelligent. It is an institution established by
Brahma from the beginning of the creation. This is also confirmed in the
Bhagavad-gitd, in the Fourth Chapter: cdtur-varnyamt maydsrstam (Bg. 4.13).
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maa at ara Zoe TAT |
Ud SNAIAMY AMA TA eT lvell
anviksiki trayi varta
danda-nitis tathaiva ca
evarn vyahrtayas casan
pranavo hyasya dahratah
anviksiki—logic; trayi—the three goals, namely religion, economy
and salvation; vartd—sense_ gratification; danda—law and_ order;
nitih—moral codes; tatha—as also; eva ca—respectively; evam—thus;
vyahrtayah—the celebrated hymns bhuh, bhuvah, and svah;ca—also;
asan—came into existence; pranavah—the ornkara; hi—certainly; asya—of
him (Brahma); dahratah—from the heart.
TRANSLATION
The science of logical argument, the Vedic goals of life, law and order,
moral codes, and the celebrated hymns bhih, bhuvah and svah all became
manifested from the mouths of Brahma, and the pranava omkara was
manifested from his heart.
