Text 27] Ajamila Delivered by the Visnuditas lif
aho me paramam kastam
abhiid avijitatmanah
yena viplavitarn brahma
ursalyam jayatatmana

aho—alas; me—my; paramam—extreme; kastam—miserable condi-
tion; abhiit—became; avijita-dtmanah—because my senses were un-
controlled; yena—by which; viplavitam—destroyed; brahma—all my
brahminical qualifications; vrsalyam—through a Sudrani, a maidser-
vant; j@yata—being born; adtmand—by me.

TRANSLATION

Ajamila said: Alas, being a servant of my senses, how degraded I
became! I fell down from my position as a duly qualified brahmana
and begot children in the womb of a prostitute.

PURPORT

The men of the higher classes—the bradhmanas, ksatriyas and
vaisyas—do not beget children in the wombs of lower-class women.
Therefore the custom in Vedic society is to examine the horoscopes of a
girl and boy being considered for marriage to see whether their combina-
tion is suitable. Vedic astrology reveals whether one has been born in the
vipra-varna, ksatriya-varna, vaisya-varna or Ssiidra-varna, according to
the three qualities of material nature. This must be examined because a
marriage between a boy of the vipra-varna and a girl of the sidra-varna
is incompatible; married life would be miserable for both husband and
wife. Consequently a boy should marry a girl of the same category. Of
course, this is trai-gunya, a material calculation according to the Vedas,
but if the boy and girl are devotees there need be no such considerations.
A devotee is transcendental, and therefore in a marriage between devo-
tees, the boy and girl form a very happy combination.

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AJ e iN e
heat fated afzead gaaay |
RT Tat At Ase AATTAATATTZ 11291
