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bréhmana or a Vaisnava. Actually, one must come to the platform of a
Vaisnava. Then he automatically becomes a braéhmana. This can be done
only if the Krsna consciousness movement is spread, for we are trying to
elevate everyone to the platform of Vaisnava. As Krsna says in
Bhagavad-gité (18.66), sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekarh Saranarh
vraja: “Abandon all other duties and simply surrender unto Me.” One
must give up the occupational duties of a Sidra, ksatriya or vaisya and
adopt the occupational duties of a Vaisnava, which include the activities
of a brahmana. Krsna explains this in Bhagavad-gita (9.32):

mam hi partha vyapdasritya
ye ‘pi syuh papa-yonayah

striyo vaisyds tatha sidrds
te “pi ydnti pardm gatim

“O son of Prtha, those who take shelter in Me, though they be of lower
birth—women, vaisyas [merchants], as well as sadras [workers] —can
approach the supreme destination.”’ Human life is specifically meant for
going back home, back to Godhead. That facility should be given to
everyone, whether one be a Stidra, a vaisya, a woman or a ksatriya. This
is the purpose of the Krsna consciousness movement. However, if one is
satished to remain a Sudra, he must suffer as described in this verse: tad
evatibibhatsitam asnanti.

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ye tv tha vai sva-gardabha-patayo brahmanddayo mrgaya vihara
atirthe ca mrgan nighnanti tan api samparetal laksya-bhitan yama-
purusa isubhir vidhyanti.

ye—those who; tu—but; iha—in this life; vai—or: sva—of dogs:
gardabha—and asses; patayah—maintainers: bradhmana-ddayah—
brahmanas, ksatriyas and vaisyas; mrgaya viharah —taking pleasure in
