154 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 4
dhah—very pure in their activities; brahmanah—qualified brahmanas;
babhiivuh—became.
TRANSLATION

In addition to these nineteen sons mentioned above, there were
eighty-one younger ones, all born of Rsabhadeva and Jayanti. Ac-
cording to the order of their father, they became well cultured,
well behaved, very pure in their activities and expert in Vedic
knowledge and the performance of Vedic rituals. Thus they all
became perfectly qualified brahmanas.

PURPORT

From this verse we have good information of how the castes are
qualified according to quality and work. Rsabhadeva, a king, was cer-
tainly a ksatriya. He had a hundred sons, and out of these, ten were
engaged as ksatriyas and ruled the planet. Nine sons became good
preachers of Srimad-Bhdégavatam (mahé-bhagavatas), and this indicates
that they were above the position of brahmanas. The other eighty-one
sons became highly qualified brahmanas. These are some practical ex-
amples of how one can become fit for a certain type of activity by
qualification, not by birth. All the sons of Maharaja Rsabhadeva were
ksatriyas by birth, but by quality some of them became hsatriyas, and
some became brdhmanas. Nine became preachers of Srimad-
Bhagavatam (bhagavata-dharma-darsanah), which means that they
were above the categories of ksatriya and brahmana.

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bhagavan rsabha-saryna atma-tantrah svayam nitya-nivrttanartha-
paramparah kevalanandanubhava isvara eva viparitavat karmany
