Duty of the first-class brahmana

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"duty of the first-class brahmana"

Nectar of Devotion Lectures

It is the duty of the first-class brāhmaṇa to enlighten these pāpa-yoni

Lecture on The Nectar of Devotion -- Vrndavana, November 12, 1972: Krsna says... Now, Krsna says that everyone can be delivered simply by the process of Krsna consciousness. So whose duty is to enlighten them to Krsna consciousness? I was just talking with Gosvamiji, Harijana Gosvamiji. Whose duty it is to enliven people to Krsna consciousness? It is the duty of guru. We came to this conclusion. And who is guru? Srotriyam brahma-nistham [MU 1.2.12]. That means perfectly learned in Vedic literature and firmly convinced in Brahman realization. That means first-class brahmana. So if the first-class brahmanas do not take care of these papa-yoni, then who will deliver them? We are the... Some agitation is going on that this movement, Krsna consciousness movement, is killing Hindu religion. You see. Just see the poor fund of knowledge. It is the duty of the first-class brahmana to enlighten these papa-yoni. Otherwise who will enlighten them? Guru will enlighten. And who is guru? Srotriyam brahma-nistham [MU 1.2.12]. Brahma-nistham means he must be brahmana. So if the so-called brahmanas, they do not take care of them, and if they remain brahmanas, limited, within some limited areas, do not go outside, then who will deliver them? So these are not very sound arguments. It is very, what is called, crippled ideas. The brahmana means udara. The opposite word of brahmana is krpana, who is very miserly. A brahmana cannot be miser. Even a hundred years ago the brahmana would give chance to anyone to become brahmana. I have got so many instances. That is the duty of brahmana. Pathana pathana. The brahmana should be learned, and a brahmana should make others learned, other brahmana, not that be simply satisfied that he's brahmana and nobody should become brahmana. No. He should make others brahmana. Just like a big lawyer, he makes his assistants lawyer. A professor, learned professor, he makes others professor. Otherwise, it is called jnana-khala, miser. The knowledge should be distributed. Any scientist discovering, they distribute it. Similarly, brahmana should be udara. Not only he should personally know what is Brahman, but he should distribute the knowledge.