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Advaitavada doctrine which is against the Vedic siddhanta. After the Moghul invasion, innumerable
Hindus were forced to take shelter under the banner of Islam due to the archaic social strictures
enforced by the brahmana community. At the time of the British, it was the brahmanas who, tempted
by money, taught Sanskrit to the likes of H.H. Wilson, who proceeded to tamper with the scriptures and
translate them in such a way as to make sanatana-dharma look barbaric (See also Vedic Chronology).
Spurious socio-religious institutions such as the Arya Samaja, Ramakrishna Mission and Brahmo Samaja
were mostly spearheaded by brahmanas. When the British converted Hindus to Christianity, it was
those who originally came from the brahmana section who preached the Gospel to the backwardclasses,
translating the Bible into local languages. After independence in 1947, what was left of the
brahmanas?
From ricksaw-wallahs to politicians, brahmanas have entered every occupational sphere there is. Even
those who are performing puja in the temples are generally on the government's payroll and will stop at
nothing to squeeze a few rupees from innocent pilgrims. The only remaining visible vestige of most of
the brahmana community today is a grey 10-paisa thread hanging over their left shoulder. Brahmana
Vaisnava - Part 2
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1 Throughout his chapter we will quote from Srila Vyasadeva's Mahabharata. It is important to note that although the Mahabharata is not a srutisastra
(a subject which is addressed at length in another chapter), Sri Madhvacarya extols it as the 'Fifth Veda' and claims that 'it contains
esoteric truths not to be found even in the Vedas.' (B.N.K. Sharma -History of the Dvaita School of Vedanta and it's Literature, Chapter 13,
p.132)
2 There fore the sastras enjoin –
janmana jayate sudrah
samskarad bhaved dvijah
veda-pathad bhaved vipro
brahma janatiti brahmanah
"By birth one is a sudra, by the purificatory process one becomes a dvija, ????? becomes a vipra, and one who knows Brahman is a brahmana."
3 nabhaga-distaputro dvau vaisyau brahmanatam gatau (Hari-vamsa 11.9)
4 The distinguished Madhva scholar Sri Bannanje Govindacarya writes, "The idea of chaturvarnya or 'four colors' in the Gita vindicates this view
only. The Gita idea of 'four colors' is quite distinct from the idea of 'four castes' prevelent today. It is a idea which relates only to the soul's inmost
nature or personality-trait. The true color of the soul needs to be discovered. That indeed is a right social order. In such a social order, the son of
a low-born (sudra) may be a nobleman (brahmana); contrarywise, a brahmana's son may also be a sudra. For, 'varna' or color is not something
which is transmitted hereditarily; it is something quite personal; something which is determined by the individual's own personality traits."
(Madhwacharya –Life and Teachings, Sri Bannanje Sanmana Samiti, Poorna Prajna Vidyapeetha, Bangalore 1997)
5 If our readers object to our sarcastic tone, we refer them to the Dvaita website where they can observe a similar manner aimed at the Gaudiya
acaryas.
6 Five-hundred years ago, the main opponents of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s sankirtana-movement were the caste-brahmanas, who requested
the Muslim Kazi to prohibit the chanting of the Lord’s name. The same envious opposition from the brahminical section continues to this day,
though in a slightly different fashion.
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