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Stri sudra dwijubandhunam trayee na shrutigochara
Karma shreyasi mudhanam shreya eba bhabet iha
Iti bharatam akhyanam kripaya munina kritam.
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Stri—the woman class, Sudra—the labourer class of men, Dwijabandhnam—of the friend of the twice born, Shreya—supreme benefit, Ebam—thus, Iti—thus thinking, Bhabet—achieved, Iha—by this, Iti—thus thinking, Bharata—the great Mahabharata, Akhyanam—historical facts, Kripaya—out of great mercy, munina—by the Muni, Kritam—is completed.
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The great sage out of compassion for them thought it wise that this will cause to achieve the ultimate goal of life by them, and thus he compiled the great historical narration of Mahabharat for the woman class, the labourer class and the friends of the twiceborn.
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The friends of the twice born families are those who are born in the families of Brahmins, kshatriyas and Vaishyas or the spiritually cultured families,—but themselves they are not at par with their forefathers. Such descendants of the cultured families like Brahmin, kshatriyas and Vaishyas, are not recognised as such for want of the purificatory achievements. The purificatory activities began even before the birth of a child and the seed giving reformatory procees is called Garbhadhan Samaskata. And one, who has had not the chance of such Garbhadhana Samaskara or the spiritual way of family planning,—is not accepted as actual twice born family. The Garbhadhan Samaskara is followed by another purificatory process out of which the sacred thread ceremony is one which is performed at the time of spiritual initiation. After this particular Samaskara one is rightly called the twice born. One birth is calculated during the seed giving Samaskara and the second birth is calculated at the time of spiritual initiation. One who has been able to undergo such important Samaskaras can only be called as bonafide twiceborn.
#$p#If the father and the mother do not undertake the process of spiritual family planning and simply beget children out of passion only such children are called the Dwijabandhus. These Dwijabandhus are certainly not as intelligent as the real children of the regular twice born families. The Dwijabandhus are classified on the level of Sudras and woman class, who are by nature less intelligent. The Sudras and the woman class do not require to under go any Samaskara save and except the ceremony of marriage.
#$p#This less intelligent class of men namely the woman the Sudras and the unqualified sons of the higher castes, are devoid of the necessary qualifications for understanding the purpose of transcendental Vedas. For them the Mahabharata was prepared. The purpose of the Mahabharata is to administer the purpose of the Vedas and therefore within this Mahabharata the summary Veda or Bhagawat Geeta is set in. The less intelligent class of men are more interested in stories than in philosophy and therefore the philosophy of the Vedas in the form of the Bhagwat Geeta spoken by the Lord Sri Krishna is set in. Vyasdeva and Lord Krishna both of them are on the same transcendental plane and therefore both of them collaborated on the plan of doing good to the fallen souls of this age. The Bhagwat Geeta is the essence of all Vedic knowledge. It is the first book of spiritual values and same as the Upanisadas are. The Vedanta philosophy is the subject matter for study of the spiritual graduates and only the post graduate spiritual student can enter into the spiritual or devotional service of the Lord. It is a great science and the great professor is the Lord Himself in the Form Lord Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and persons who are empowered by Him can initiate other persons in the transcendental loving service of the Lord.
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#dl##dd#strī-śūdra-dvijabandhūnāṁ#/dd#
#dd#trayī na śruti-gocarā#/dd#
#dd#karma-śreyasi mūḍhānāṁ#/dd#
#dd#śreya evaṁ bhaved iha#/dd#
#dd#iti bhāratam ākhyānaṁ#/dd#
#dd#kṛpayā muninā kṛtam#/dd##/dl#
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#i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=strī&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#strī#/i# — the woman class; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=śūdra&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#śūdra#/i# — the laboring class; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=dvija&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#dvija-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=bandhūnām&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#bandhūnām#/i# — of the friends of the twice-born; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=trayī&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#trayī#/i# — the three sacrificial Vedas; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=na&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#na #a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=śruti&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#śruti-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=gocarā&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#gocarā#/i# — not allowed to be heard; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=karma&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#karma-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=śreyasi&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#śreyasi#/i# — in the successful execution of ritual duties; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=mūḍhānāṁ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#mūḍhānāṁ#/i# — of the less intelligent; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=śreyaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#śreyaḥ#/i# — supreme benefit; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=evam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#evam#/i# — thus; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=bhavet&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#bhavet#/i# — achieved; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=iha&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#iha#/i# — by this; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=iti&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#iti#/i# — thus thinking; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=bhāratam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#bhāratam#/i# — the great Mahābhārata; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ākhyānam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#ākhyānam#/i# — historical facts; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=kṛpayā&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#kṛpayā#/i# — out of great mercy; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=muninā&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#muninā#/i# — by the muni; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=kṛtam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#kṛtam#/i# — is completed.
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Out of compassion, the great sage thought it wise that this would enable men to achieve the ultimate goal of life. Thus he compiled the great historical narration called the Mahābhārata for women, laborers and friends of the twice-born.
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The friends of the twice-born families are those who are born in the families of #i#brāhmaṇas, kṣatriyas#/i# and #i#vaiśyas#/i#, or the spiritually cultured families, but who themselves are not equal to their forefathers. Such descendants are not recognized as such, for want of purificatory achievements. The purificatory activities begin even before the birth of a child, and the seed-giving reformatory process is called #i#Garbhādhāna-saṁskāra#/i#. One who has not undergone such #i#Garbhādhāna-saṁskāra#/i#, or spiritual family planning, is not accepted as being of an actual twice-born family. The #i#Garbhādhāna-saṁskāra#/i# is followed by other purificatory processes, out of which the sacred thread ceremony is one. This is performed at the time of spiritual initiation. After this particular #i#saṁskāra#/i#, one is rightly called twice-born. One birth is calculated during the seed-giving #i#saṁskāra#/i#, and the second birth is calculated at the time of spiritual initiation. One who has been able to undergo such important #i#saṁskāras#/i# can be called a bona fide twice-born.
#$p#If the father and the mother do not undertake the process of spiritual family planning and simply beget children out of passion only, their children are called #i#dvija-bandhus#/i#. These #i#dvija-bandhus#/i# are certainly not as intelligent as the children of the regular twice-born families. The #i#dvija-bandhus#/i# are classified with the #i#śūdras#/i# and the woman class, who are by nature less intelligent. The #i#śūdras#/i# and the woman class do not have to undergo any #i#saṁskāra#/i# save and except the ceremony of marriage.
#$p#The less intelligent classes of men, namely women, #i#śūdras#/i# and unqualified sons of the higher castes, are devoid of necessary qualifications to understand the purpose of the transcendental #i#Vedas#/i#. For them the Mahābhārata was prepared. The purpose of the #i#Mahābhārata#/i# is to administer the purpose of the #i#Vedas#/i#, and therefore within this #i#Mahābhārata#/i# the summary #i#Veda#/i# of #i#Bhagavad-gītā#/i# is placed. The less intelligent are more interested in stories than in philosophy, and therefore the philosophy of the #i#Vedas#/i# in the form of the #i#Bhagavad-gītā#/i# is spoken by the Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Vyāsadeva and Lord Kṛṣṇa are both on the transcendental plane, and therefore they collaborated in doing good to the fallen souls of this age. The #i#Bhagavad-gītā#/i# is the essence of all Vedic knowledge. It is the first book of spiritual values, as the #i#Upaniṣads#/i# are. The #i#Vedānta#/i# philosophy is the subject matter for study by the spiritual graduates. Only the post-graduate spiritual student can enter into the spiritual or devotional service of the Lord. It is a great science, and the great professor is the Lord Himself in the form of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. And persons who are empowered by Him can initiate others in the transcendental loving service of the Lord.
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