Sunday, October 04, 2009

#007 WHO IS KRISHNA TO SAY THAT FIFTH CASTE BORN ARE CRIMINALS?

PART 11, CHAPTER 17, VERSE 20, SANSKRIT:
as'aucam anrutam steeyam naastikyam s'ushka vigrahaha
kaamaha krodhas' ca tarshas' ca sa bhaavo antyavaasaayinaam.
CONTEXT: KRISHNA PREACHES duties of persons of different castes.
ENGLISH GIST: Uncleanliness, lies, stealing, atheism, frivolously quarrelling, lustful, anger, hankering are the characteristics of persons of the last caste (outcaste or fifth caste).
CRITICAL REMARKS: Krishna is declaring arbitrarily the characteristics of the fifth caste persons. This is nothing but a prejudice.