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Pradyumna: [leads chanting of verse, etc.] [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat]

cātur-varṇyaṁ mayā sṛṣṭaṁ guṇa-karma-vibhāgaśaḥ tasya kartāram api māṁ viddhy akartāram avyayam

[Bg. 4.13]

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Translation = "According to the three modes of material nature and the work ascribed to them, the four divisions of …

Prabhupāda:

cātur-varṇyaṁ mayā sṛṣṭaṁ guṇa-karma-vibhāgaśaḥ tasya kartāram api māṁ viddhy akartāram avyayam

[Bg. 4.13]

So beginning of human civilization is this varṇāśrama-dharma. The Vedic system is varṇāśrama-dharma. The people known as Hindus in the …

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So as in the body the brain is also required, the hand is also required, the belly is also required, …

So if one has full faith and full knowledge in Vedas, he becomes theist. If he has no sufficient knowledge …

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na te viduḥ svārtha-gatiṁ hi viṣṇuṁ durāśayā ye bahir-artha-māninaḥ andhā yathāndhair upanīyamānās te 'pīśa-tantryām uru-dāmni-baddhāḥ

[SB 7.5.31]

Uru-dāmni-baddhāḥ. Te 'pīśa-tantryām uru-dāmni-baddhāḥ, andhā yathāndhair upanīyamānāḥ. People are... Because the Vedic culture is lost, the system of brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, …