40 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 11
PURPORT
The occupational duty of a brahmana should not be accepted by per-
sons in lower social orders, especially vaisyas and sddras. For example,
an occupational duty of the brahmana is to teach Vedic knowledge, but
unless there is an emergency, this professional duty should not be ac-
cepted by the ksatriyas, vaisyas or Siidras. Even a ksatriya cannot accept
the duties of a brahmana unless there is an emergency, and then even if
he does so he should not accept charity from anyone else. Sometimes
brahmanas protest against our Krsna consciousness movement for creat-
ing brahmanas from Europeans, or, in other words, from mlecchas and
yavanas. This movement, however, is here supported in Srimad-
Bhagavatam. At the present moment, society is in a chaotic condition,
and everyone has given up the cultivation of spiritual life, which is es-
pecially meant for the brahmanas. Because spiritual culture has been
stopped all over the world, there is now an emergency, and therefore it is
now time to train those who are considered lower and condemned, so that
they may become bréhmanas and take up the work of spiritual progress.
The spiritual progress of human society has been stopped, and this
should be considered an emergency. Here is solid support from Narada
Muni of the movement known as Krsna consciousness.
TEXTS 18-20

mara ated dt Tata aT |

TATA AMAL TT A ATM HATTA 12 <i

MPs mad anfaay |

FAT PTT A TIA BAT PITT? SI

aera Fahey -qafritaaary |

THA at TAT AAT THT TTF AATY |

waa a: MATTAT TI UNRoll

rtamrtabhyam jiveta
mrtena pramrtena va
satyanrtabhyam api va
na Sva-vrttya kadadcana
