Caaturvarn`yam mayaa srusht`am
gun`a karma vibhaagas`a:
tasya kartaaram api maam viddhi
akartaaram avyayam.
Gist: 1. The four castes (Priests, Warriors, Merchants, Servants) have been created by me. (Krishna says).
2. The division is on the basis of qualities and functions.
3. Though I am the creator of it (caste system), understand/know/learn that I am not the doer/creator. UKL that I am infinite.
BLOGGER'S VIEWS
1. Krishna's historic existence is doubtful. He was only a mythical character or a fictional character in a literary work or a Greek God borrowed in the literary work. To establish Krishna's factual/historic existence, Universities/Archaeologists have to undertake research to excavate the truth. The existence of Dwaraka under Sea in Gujarat is only a preliminary peace of investigation, which has a long way to go.
2. If Krishna was a human
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he is subject to err, just like any other human being.
A system created by a human is subject to errors and is bound to be corrected by the Society, as and when the errors are noticed.
Now what is the error? : Gita tries to divide people and fit them into a fabricated structural ladder of four rungs. Facts: There are thousands of qualities (gunas) and functions (karmas). It is not possible to attribute these qualities to millions of individuals and fit them in a structure of unequal rights and responsibilities.
If Krishna was only fictional/literary/mythological character
The poet/writer/author of Mahabharata might have created the system and tried to impose it on the society. It it was already in existence, the writer might have tried to perpetuate it. Or in the chain of history of Mahabharata's evolution, anybody might have inserted/changed Gita to accommodate the four caste system. The system might have served a good/bad purpose in Mahabharata times. But today, the system is of little utility/validity. It deserves scrapping.
Krishna's disclaiming that he is not the doer
3. Krishna saying that he is not the doer, that he is infinite: This line is quite unnecessary. It is just self-praise.
1 comment:
If Krishna was a human, he is subject to err, just like any other human being
Totally agree.
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