Posted on: 05 Mar 2022
[Dr. Nikhil asked: - While answering the question from Shri Anil ji, You told that the word ‘Guna‘ can be taken in two angles: - 1. In the sense of good and bad and 2) in the sense of the professional talent. In the angle of Nivrutti, what will be the effect on caste system?]
Swami Replied: - The angle of Nivṛtti is always far far higher than Pravṛtti as said “Nivṛttistu mahāphalā”. Pravṛtti consists of good justice and bad injustice. We have discussed the caste system in the angle of Pravṛtti only while mentioning the two words good and bad. When Nivṛtti comes into picture, any soul belonging to any caste, in the angle of Nivṛtti is far far higher than any soul belonging to any caste in Pravṛtti. For example, We told that a soul preaching justice and injustice to the world is Brāhmaṇa in Pravṛtti. The same soul preaching spiritual knowledge to the world is a Brāhmaṇa in Nivṛtti. Similarly, a soul fighting against injustice is Kṣatriya in Pravṛtti. The same soul fighting against an atheist trying to insult theism is Kṣatriya in Nivṛtti. A soul doing the management of finance in the worldly matters is Vaiśya in Pravṛtti. The same soul doing financial administration in the spiritual line is a Vaiśya in Nivṛtti. A soul doing all types of services in the world is a Śūdra in Pravṛtti. The same soul doing all types of services in the spiritual line is a Śūdra in spiritual line. Neither in Pravṛtti nor in Nivṛtti, the birth can play any role to decide the caste except the qualities and subsequent useful deeds. In both fields of Pravṛtti and Nivṛtti, good is good and bad is bad. A Śūdra in Nivṛtti is far far better than a Brāhmaṇa in Pravṛtti since God is greater than any angle of the world. In Pravṛtti also, we cannot say that one caste is greater than another caste. But a good quality is always greater than a bad quality anywhere.