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"The indications of each caste are given above (e. g. restraint
of the senses, contentment, ??c., for Brahmanas; courage, strength, ??c.,
for Kshatriyas; reverence, energy, ??c., for Vaishyas; and humanity,
service ??c., for Shudras). If however the indications of one caste are
found in a man belonging to another caste, he is to be specified by
the caste of his indications and not the caste of his birth." VII-35.
The commentary of Sridhara is explicit on this passage.
This shews the liberality of the Bhagavata Purana. According to
this Purana, the divisions of caste at the present day, (for one must
not forget that the Vaishnava movement belongs comparatively to.1
later period), are not to be determined by birth, but they are indicated
by the virtues of each particular individual.
The duties of each Asrama are next enumerated in detail.
The enumeration follows the Smritis, with a word for Bhakti Yoga
where necessary. Some very useful hints are given for a Grihastha,
for which please refer to the original.
The paths called Pitriyana and Devayana are next described.
Hints on Yoga and the recital of Pranava are also given.
YAJNA.
SKANDHA VIII. CHAP, i,
An account has been given above of the progeny of Devahuti
and Prasuti. Yajna is the son of Akuti. In the First Manvantara,
when Asuras and Rakshasas were going to devour Manu, Yajna
killed the former, with the help of his sons, the Yama Devas. He
ruled over Svarga as the Indra of that Manvantara.
[This brings us to the end of the 1st Manvantara. The
narration at several places took us to later Manvantaras, and the
account of the Asuras especially took us to Vaivasvata Manvantara.
The account of the first Manvantara is illustrative of the succeeding
Manvantaras. Details have therefore been given at times which might
not properly pertain to the 1st Manvantara, but which fit in with
other Manvantaras at those stages of the narration. Necessarily the
account of the succeeding Manvantaras is very meagre.
END OF THE FIRST MANVANTARA.
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