Text 34] The Perfect Society: Four Social Classes 53

tiger kills a man, this is not sinful but if a man kills another man, this is
considered sinful, and the killer is hanged. What is a daily affair among
the animals is a sinful act in human society. Thus according to the
symptoms of higher and lower sections of society, there are different
varieties of occupational duties. According to the experts in Vedic knowl-
edge, these duties are prescribed in terms of the age concerned.

TEXT 32

TM AAG TA: AMF |
fee aaa Fi Talsgoranieng 1221

urttya sva-bhaéva-krtaya
vartamanah sva-karma-krt

hitva sva-bhava-jam karma
Sanair nirgunatam iyat

urttya —with the profession; sva-bhava-krtaya —performed according
to one’s modes of material nature; vartamanah—existing; sva-karma-
krt—executing his own work; hituvaé—giving up; sva-bhdva-jam—born
from one’s own modes of nature; karma —activities; Sanaih—gradually;
nirgunatam—transcendental position; iy4ft—may attain.

TRANSLATION

If one acts in his profession according to his position in the
modes of nature and gradually gives up these activities, he attains
the niskama stage.

PURPORT

If one gradually gives up his hereditary customs and duties and tries to
serve the Supreme Personality of Godhead in his natural position, he is
gradually able to become free from these activities, and he attains the
stage of niskama, freedom from material desires.

TEXTS 33-34
saat gE: at ad tafe |
aq Head a: aed se hei | Ta 113311
