Only by Narada Muni’s mercy–do we have brahmanas in kali yuga
December 30, 2015 in Damaghosa Dasa by Damaghosa dasa
Submitted by: Damagosha Dasa
Below is a lecture by Srila Prabhupada where he explains that were it not for the mercy of Narada Muni and his Pancaratriki system of purification, nobody in this age could be accepted as a brahmana.
Why not? Because according to the strict Vedic system, anyone born without the parents performing the garbhadhana ceremony is automatically classified as sudra. Which turns out to be basically, practically, everybody. But if someone comes in contact with a pure devotee spiritual master who observes ones behavior after some time as being brahminical in quality, then that person,who can follow the 4 reg’s and chant 16 rounds a day without fail can be given the brahmana initiation. Without this touch from the spiritual master and Narada Muni’s system, everyone would be sudra in kali yuga.
Srila Prabhupada also gives a nice example from the Jabala Upanisad of a boy born without his mother knowing who his father was.When asked by Gautama muni who his father was, the boy couldn’t say-this at that time was a huge embarasment because it showed how low class was one’s mother. But when the boy answered truthfully, Gautama Muni accepted him as brahminical in quality because he told the truth. Today many people are wearing brahmana threads who lie to others, and without any shame, which makes them lower than a sudra.
Hari bol…
damaghosa das
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