Fallacy of dividing people based on ‘Hindu Caste System’
to rule over them
1. Caste
System which is about 5000 years’ old in India, is traced back to the Epic Writing
by Rishi Vedvyas, who is the son of Maharshi Parashara. Parashara Maharshi
wrote the ancient book called ‘Vishnupuranam’.
Puranam is a dramatic exposition of one’s imaginative conscious ideas as contained in Vedas
such as “Justice” , “Mimamsa”, Dharma Shastram”. With appropriate illustrations and examples,
the Puranam or Puranas highlight the consequences of one’s actions, inactions,
duties, functions, injustice, happiness, sorrowfulness, hatred, attachments,
detachment or moksha from such day to day individual experiences in life. The principles contained in the Vedas – Rig
Veda, Yajur Veda, Sama Veda, Atharva Veda and Shastras are demonstrated with
very apt anecdotes for the reader to understand with piety. “Vishnupuranam” is
the oldest of all Puranas. Later on, based on his father’s book “Vishupuranam”,
Rishi Vedvyas is stated to have written 78 Puranas about 5100 years back. The doubt about the exact years in which they
were written arose somewhere during the period between 700 and 600 B. C. 28th
Quartet, in Chapter –IV, Part-I, Prati-Sargam of the Book ‘Bhavishya Maha
Puranam’ in Sanskrit, reads as follows:-
“Indiryani
Damithua
Yehalmmya
Dhyanaparayanaha
Thus
maat Adama Namasaau
Patni
Havyavathi Symyatha”
Meaning - With the able qualities of slaying of wild
senses and worshiping of the supreme soul in mind, Adam and his wife Eve (Havyavathi)
take birth. God creates a beautiful Garden of four kosam and sends Adam there.
As Adam reached the foot of a sinful Tree in the Garden, he was attracted to
“Kali” (Satan) in disguise of a serpent, eats the fruit of the Tree and immediately
arouses in him a poisonous promiscuity and makes a carnal sexual relationship
with Eve. Somewhat similar story is narrated
in the First Book of Moses commonly called ‘Genesis’, Chapter-2, verse-7, “then
the Lord God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils
the breath of life; and man became a living being. And the Lord God planted a Garden
in Eden
2. As
far back as Kali Year 5095 i. e. Christian Era 2000, Christ in name of Esau
Messiah appears. Jesus Christ in Hebrew
language is Esau Messiah. At that time, the Mlecha country was ruled by
Sakapati. In the mountainous region of
Hunk country, the King happened to meet a strong, shining and beautiful young
man with white costumes. The King asked the young man, “Who are you?” With a
smiling face, the young man answered, “I am the Son of God, born in the womb of
a Virgin. My name is Esau Messiah.” In
the 23rd Quartet, Chapter-2, Part-III, Prati-sarga-parvam of
Bhavishya puranam, it is written in Sanskrit as follows:-
“Ko
Bhavanithetham Praha
Sahovachamudhampithaha
Issa
Putram cha mam Vidhi
Kumari
Garphasampavam xxx
Aham
Issa-masiha Namah ”
3. Rishi
Vyasa was the son of the Maharshi Parashara and his devoted wife Satyavati. A
great Rishi himself, Vyasa divided the Vedas into four – Reg Veda, Yajur Veda,
Sama Veda, and Atharva Veda. He wrote 78
Puranas. He also wrote the revered Epic
‘Mahabharata’ where he included himself
as one of the characters. His character
was as the role of the father of Dhritharashtra, Pandu and Vidura or
grandfather of both sides – Kauravas and Pandavas. The holy ‘Bhagwatgeeta’ is a part of the
Mahabharata. Bhagwatgeeta is considered as the basis of ancient Indian
culture and tradition. Vyasa emphasized that “helping others in need is a good deed and hurting others is an earthly
sin”. Vedvyas’s main character is
“Bhagwan Krishna” who gives invaluable and priceless advices to Panduputra
“Arjuna” in the Kurushetra battlefield, and encourages him to fight the
inevitable life’s war when Arjuna himself was felt lost, disappointed,
disillusioned, discouraged and fully confounded as to what to do – to fight or
not to fight, the war thursted upon him – a narrow choice. Krishna
exalted Arjuna to do his duty / dharma as a Kshatriya, remembering his tutelage
without expecting any return, reward, fame
or consequence. In Bhagwatgeeta,
in Chapter-4, Verse-13, it is stated to the effect that “I am the Creator of ‘Four Varnas’.
This I have made according to three different Gunas – Satuagunam,
Rajogunam and Thamogunam and as per different ‘karmas’ ( For example – some
people do their duties with the
expectations of return, reward, remuneration, name, fame etc. when, still some
other people, do their duties without any such expectations in return.
Even-though, I am the Maker of the Varnas, I disown having made them, and I do
not take the responsibility of having divided the people into the four
Jathi/varnas.” In Sanskrit, the sloga reads as under :-
“Chaturvarnyam
Maya Srestam
Gunakarma
Vibhagasa
Thasya
Kartharamapi mam
Vidhyakartharamavyayam”.
Again in Chapter-5, Verse -14, it is written as
follows:-
“Na
Karthrutham Na Karmani
Lokasya
Srujati Prabhuha
Na
Karmaphalasamyogam
Sophavasthu
Pravarthathe”.
Meaning – God does not take any responsibility for
any act nor deed done by men nor create any karma for the creatures of the
world. Similarly, God by remaining neutral, does not award or reward anything
for the acts or deeds done by the men or creatures. It is the Nature which works
for or against the creatures.
4. In
“Annihilation of Caste” , Bharat-ratna
Dr. India
“The
law of Varna
Harijan, July 18, 1936.
This is not acceptable. However, Mr. Gandhi admitted
that Dr. Ambedkar is not the man to allow himself to be forgotten.
5. According
to Dr. Ambedkar, “Shastras do enjoin as a religious duty the observance of
Caste and Untouchability”.
Untouchability is subsequently abolished by Parliament by amending the
Indian Constitution, but the Caste System which is aimed at dividing the people
of the Indian main-stream Society, into four compartments,, such as Brahmins,
Shatriyas, Vaisyas and Shudras, is yet to be abolished or discontinued by
passing an appropriate clarificatory legislation at an appropriate time. Dr.
Ambedkar, rejoins, “ If Caste and Varna are
convertible terms and if Varna is an integral
part of the Shastras which define ‘Hinduism’, I do not know how a person who
rejects Caste, i. e. Varna Varna Varna
6. The
name of ‘Hindu’ or ‘Kafir’ as called by Mughals is a foreign name. It was given by the Mohammedans (Mughals) to
the natives for the purpose of distinguishing themselves. The word ‘Hindu’ does not occur in any
Sanskrit works prior to the Turkish Invasion (Babur with 12000 strong Army )
defeating Ibrahim Lodhi, by using guns, cannons, and bombs against the unarmed
Indians in the battle of ‘Panipat’ and as such, Hindu Society as such was not in
existence. It is only a collection of Castes, as per Dr. Ambedkar.
7. As
per ‘Asthanga-malaha-Sthotram’ by Shankara Bhagwat Father, One is not a Man or
God or Yaksha. Neither is Man a Brahmachari, a Family Man, nor a Forest
Dweller. Neither, is he a Brahmana,
Shatriya, Vaishya, nor Shudra. Man is his inner Consciousness. See the following Sthotram in Sanskrit :-
“Naham
Manushio, Najadevatho, Yakshaha
Naham
Brahmachari, Grahasthaha, Vanaprasthaha
Na
Brahmano, Shaktriya, Vaishya, Shudraha
Aham
Bhodha-Sorupaka“.
In the light of the above, there is a total fallacy of dividing the
people of Indian National Society on the basis of “Hindu Caste-System” for the
purpose of ruling over them. It is
therefore imperative to build up an Equalitarian Society amongst the Indian
masses.
JOSEPH
NADAR
12-07-2012