Prabhupāda: (indistinct) . . . my disciples there are gṛhasthas and sannyāsīs, brahmacārīs, like that. We are establishing daiva-varṇāśrama-dharma as Lord Kṛṣṇa has said in the Bhagavad-gītā:
- cātur-varṇyaṁ mayā sṛṣṭaṁ
- guṇa-karma-vibhāgaśaḥ
- (BG 4.13)
So, these eight divisions, four social orders and four spiritual orders, brāhmin, kṣatriya, vaiśya, śūdra, brahmacārī, gṛhastha, vānaprastha, sannyāsa. So these eight divisions are called varṇāśrama-dharma and Indian or Vedic civilisation is based on this varṇāśrama. So Viṣṇu Purāṇa it is said:
- Varṇāśramācāravatā
- puruṣeṇa paraḥ pumān
- viṣṇur ārādhyate (panthā)
- nānyat tat-toṣa-kāraṇam
- (CC Madhya 8.58)
The human civilisation must be based on varṇāśrama-dharma. Well in the Bhagavad-gītā Kṛṣṇa says:
- manuṣyāṇāṁ sahasreṣu
- kaścid yatati siddhaye
- (BG 7.3)
So when Śrīpāda Rāmānujācārya is explaining manuṣyā he says, śāstra adhikāra yajña. Unless one is conversant with the teachings of the lessons of śāstra, he is not to be considered as a human being. Actually that is so, unless one comes to the principles of varṇā and āśrama, one is not to be considered as a human. So this institution the International Society for Kṛṣṇa Consciousness is trying to establish this daiva-varṇāśrama.
Daiva-varṇāśrama as Kṛṣṇa says that, cātur-varṇyaṁ mayā sṛṣṭaṁ, what is created by Kṛṣṇa the Supreme Personality of Godhead must be applicable universally. So this varṇāśrama-dharma is not limited in India or to the community who are known as Hindus. Because Kṛṣṇa claimed that, sarva-yoniṣu kaunteya sambhavanti mūrtayaḥ (BG 14.4) all species of forms, there are 8,400,000 species of life and Kṛṣṇa claims, ahaṁ bīja-pradaḥ pitā.