Text 13] The Perfect Society: Four Social Classes 35

Lord Brahma; jagdéda—sanctioned; yam—who; ijya—worshiping;
adhyayana—studies of the Vedas; danadni—and charity; vihitani—
prescribed; dvi-janmanaém—of persons who are called twiceborn;
janma—by birth; karma—and activities; avaddténdm—who are
purified; kriyah—activities; ca—also; asrama-coditah —recommended
for the four adsramas.

TRANSLATION

Those who have been reformed by the garbhadhana ceremony
and other prescribed reformatory methods, performed with Vedic
mantras and without interruption, and who have been approved by
Lord Brahmi, are dvijas, or twiceborn. Such brahmanas, ksatriyas
and vaisyas, purified by their family traditions and by their
behavior, should worship the Lord, study the Vedas and give
charity. In this system, they should follow the principles of the
four aSramas [brahmacarya, grhastha, vanaprastha and sannyasa].

PURPORT

After giving a general list of thirty qualifications for one’s behavior,
Narada Muni now describes the principles of the four varnas and four
Gsramas. A human being must be trained in the above-mentioned thirty
qualities; otherwise, he is not even a human being. Then, among such
qualified persons, the varndsrama process should be introduced. In the
varndsrama system, the first ceremony for purification is garbhadhana,
which is performed with mantras at the time of sex for propagating a
good child. One who uses sex life not for sensual pleasures but only to
beget children according to the reformatory method is also accepted as a
brahmacari. One should not waste semen on sensual pleasure, violating
the principles of Vedic life. Restraint in sex is possible, however, only
when the populace is trained in the above-mentioned thirty qualities;
otherwise, it is not possible. Even if one is born in a family of dvijas, or
twiceborn, if they have not followed the reformatory process he is called
a dvija-bandhu—not one of the twiceborn, but a friend of the twiceborn.
The whole purpose of this system is to create good population. As stated
in Bhagavad-gité, when women are polluted the populace is varna-
sarikara, and when the varna-sarikara population increases, the situation
of the entire world becomes hellish. Therefore, all the Vedic literatures
