ThorRag01 Authors Āṅgīrasaśreṣṭha

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@AnilBhauHindSWa Ok, i'll try to cover this briefly but as clearly as possible:

ब्राह्मण्यं देवि दुष्प्रापं निसर्गाद्ब्राह्मणः शुभे |
क्षत्रियो वैश्यशूद्रौ वा निसर्गादिति मे मतिः ||६||

brAhmaNyam (brAhmaNa-ness) is difficult to obtain; it comes innately; so does kSatriyatvam, etc.

त्रेताग्निमन्त्रविहितो वैश्यो भवति वै यदि ||
स वैश्यः क्षत्रियकुले शुचौ महति जायते ||३३||

After listing all the acts a vaishya should do, including the maintenance of 3 shrauta fires, mahAdeva tells umA that such a vaishya will take birth (jAyate) in a kSatriya family.

गोब्राह्मणहितार्थाय रणे चाभिमुखो हतः |
त्रेताग्निमन्त्रपूतं वा समाविश्य द्विजो भवेत् ||४३||

ज्ञानविज्ञानसम्पन्नः संस्कृतो वेदपारगः |
विप्रो भवति धर्मात्मा क्षत्रियः स्वेन कर्मणा ||४४||

The kSatriya who goes over & above the duties meant for him: who is forward-facing in battle for the welfare of cows & brAhmaNas and he who enters his three shrauta fires [after death]; such a kSatriya becomes a dvija (means brAhmaNa here);

Becomes? In this life? So, a kSatriya can just become a brAhmaNa then? No, because the shloka clearly refers to one who was slain (hataH) for the noble ends and/or reached the other world after being committed to his three holy fires in the cremation (samAvishya). Thus, no doubt.
There are some people who follow me & take a grievously wrong approach towards matters of dharma. This is for them: See below:

If you sincerely want to understand our shAstras conscientiously, this is a dangerous attitude you ought to abandon at the very outset.


You can EITHER:

1. Wallow in self-pity, resentment, victim-hood & political correctness, follow half-baked people who make you feel good & abuse venerable AcAryas as casteists

OR

2. you can actually bother to learn the tradition for what it is.

https://t.co/ewJM1fbWmB
You can scroll up from here and then read down. But for convenience's sake, I will be posting screenshots of the relevant portions of the thread in the next few tweets.


Introduction, some basic terms relating to the topic and historical context:


brAhmaNas, kSatriyas and the vish; relationship between these three groups and the supposed, respective occupations: