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8 Social Harmony

Kaivart¢garbhasaµj°t∞ Vy°saøca Mah°muni:.

K¿aatriy°garbhasaµj°t∞ Viøv°mitr∞ Mah°muni:..

·§¥g¢garbha Samutpann∞ Œ¿yaø§¥g∞ Mah°muni:.

Kumbh¢garbhasamutpann∞ Agastaøcaiva Mah°muni:..

·£dr¢garbhasamutpann∞ Kuøakaøca Mah°muni:.

Tapas° Br°hma∏∞ Bh£y°t Tasm°jj°tirna K°ra∏am..

(Great sages were born from different castes, viz. Vashistha
was born from the womb of Prostitute, Narada from slave, Vyasa
from Kaivart caste, Vishwamitra from Kshatriya caste, Sringi
Rishi from womb of Shringi and Agasta Rishi from Pitcher and
Kushaka from Shudra caste. Therefore, penance plays main role
to become Brahman and the caste is not a cause to become
Brahmana.)

A person’s caste can never lead to his spiritual ascendancy.
Supremacy of the mind and the spirit comes only from the
strength of resolute penance. Sage Vashishtha was born from
the womb of a prostitute; Sage Narada was the son of a
maidservant; a fisherwoman gave birth to Sage Vyasa and a
Kshatriya woman to Sage Vishwamitra; Sage Shringi entered
the world from a ‘shringi’ (deer horn) and Sage Agastya did so
from a pot; Kushak was born to a lower-caste woman; and yet
all these were the greatest sages that the world has ever known.

Our ancient sages, who pointed out the right direction to
the society, usually came from all castes. They had achieved
pre-eminence only through the power of their rigorous penance.
Our country has been ruled by the Mughals and the British. To
further their own political aims, they sought to divide and split
up our society into innumerable factions. They conspired to
weaken Hindutva and Indian nationalism. But Dr. Babasaheb
Ambedkar saw through this conspiracy. He put in tireless efforts
to turn into reality the dream of a harmonious society as
envisaged by Lord Buddha. He took it upon himself to rid
society of its evils and inspired the downtrodden to rise to a
higher stature.