[Advaita-l] ***UNCHECKED*** Re: Correlation between guNa and varNa

[H S Chandramouli]

> Namaste Raghav Ji,
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> Reg  << I have heard it said that the 3 guNas and 4 varNas are correlated
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>  A brAhmaNa has sattva guNa predominant and rajas in the second place in
> his (brAhmaNa's) personality.
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> A kshatriya has rajas in predominance and sattva in second position
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> A vaishya has rajas in predominance and tamas in the second place.
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> A shudra has tamas in first place and rajas in second place.
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> Does anyone know of any traditional reference which talks of the above or a
> similar correlation between guNas and varNas? >>,
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> BG 4-13 Bhasha translation by Swami Gambhirananda copied below
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> << 4.13 Catur-varnyam-meaning the same as catvarah
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> varnah, the four castes; srstam, have been created;
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> maya, by Me who am God, which accords with
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> such Vedic texts as, 'The Brahmanas were His
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> face...' (Rg. 10.90.12); guna-karma-vibhagasah,
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> through a classification of the gunas and duties.
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> [A.G. writes: guna-vibhagena karma-vibhagah,
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> classification of the duties, determined by the
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> classification of the gunas.-Tr] By the gunas are
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> meant sattva, rajas and tamas (see note under 2.45;
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> also see Chapter 14). As to that, the control of the
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> mind and body, austerity, etc. are the duties of the
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> Brahmanas, who are sattvika, i.e. have a
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> predominance of the quality of sattva (purity,
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> goodness, etc.). Courage, valour, etc. are the duties
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> of the Ksatriyas, in whom sattva becomes
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> secondary and rajas (passion, attachment, etc.)
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> preponderates. Agriculture etc. are the duties of
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> the Vaisya, in whom tamas (indolence, ignorance,
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> etc.) is secondary and rajas is predominant. Service
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> is the only duty of the Sudra, in whom rajas is
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> secondary and tamas predominates (see chapters
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> 14, 16,17 and 18). In this way, the four castes have
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> been created by Me through a classification of the
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> gunas and duties. This is the idea. >>.
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> Is this what you are looking for.  You may like to refer to the Bhashya in
> Sanskrit itself. I prefer the translation in kannada by Sri SSS wherein the
> emphasis as between var
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> /duties
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> are somewhat different, and I think more in line with the Bhashya itself.
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> Regards
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