212 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 15

PURPORT

It is indicated here that everyone should strictly follow the principles
of varna and dsrama as given in the Sastra. In the Visnu Purana (3.8.9)
it is said:

vamdsramaécaravata
purusena parah pumdn

visnur drddhyate pantha
nanyat tat-tosa-karanam

One should focus upon the destination for progress, which is to become
Krsna conscious. This is the aim and end of all varnas and dsramas.
However, if Visnu is not worshiped, the followers of the varndsrama in-
stitution manufacture some concocted God. Thus it has now become
fashionable for any rascal or fool to be elected God, and there are many
missionaries who have concocted their own gods, giving up their rela-
tionship with the real God. In Bhagavad-gitd it is clearly said that one
who worships the demigods has lost his intelligence. Nonetheless we find
that even an illiterate person who has lost all intelligence is elected God,
and although he has a temple, it has meat-eating sannydsis, and many
polluted activities go on there. This type of religious system, which
misguides its poor followers, is strictly forbidden. Such pretentious
religions should be stopped altogether.

The original system is that a bradhmana should actually become a
brahmana; he should not only take birth in a bréhmana family, but
must also be qualified. Also, even if one is not born in a bradhmana
family but has brahminical qualifications, he must be considered a
brahmana. By strictly following this system, one can be happy without
extra endeavor. Sva-bhava-vihito dharmah kasya nestah prasdntaye.
The real aim of life is to mitigate distress, and one can do this very easily
by following the principles of sdstra.

TEXT 15

aatinft Ata ward araat wry |
wheter Aeeha | sAat 4
