UNDERSTANDING THE FOUR VARNAS INSIDE SELF

A wonderful example of “Yat Pinde Tat brahmande”- “As in microcosm, so in macrocosm and vice versa” is presence of four Varnas inside our body too. So, brain including our sense organs represent the Brahmin whose task is to perceive and analyse the world (brahmand) around and inside and regulate the working of the body accordingly. Arms are like Kshatriya who do physical karma to achieve a specific objective but in tandem with Brains (Brahmins) analysis. Stomach and small intestines are like Vaishya who convert resources into currency (energy) and provide it to all the body including brain basis the requirement. Shudra is represented by the large intestines whose task is to analyse the body’s need basis help from brain to reabsorb/recirculate the essential and remove the unwanted. Now while upfront we all may appreciate the importance of Brahmin, Kshatriya and Vaishya, the fact is that if Shudra doesn’t do its work, the entire body will be choked and will become sick (manifesting as constipation/lose motions or both) and die. That is why Ayurveda stresses so much of importance of colon cleaning through enemas or natural laxatives, in almost all diseases even apparently there doesn’t seem to be any connection between the disease and colon.

 *** Heart can be said as someone who is playing the dual role of Brahmin as well as Shudra as not only it helps Brain in governing bodily mechanisms but also stomach/small intestines in circulating different currencies created by the latter. That ways going by Yat Pinde Tat Brahmande philosophy, every cell of human body too has different organelles that work as different Varnas.

Of course, Shudra was just one example to emphasize the importance of all Varna. In fact, every Varna is important and the interrelationship between different varnas should be cordial and highly understanding (empathetic) for a healthy body. For example, a Brahmin’s task is to continuously understand the Brahmand while Vaishyas job is to provide currency to the Brahmin. However, if a Vaishya keeps most of its currency to itself (Ayurvedically it happens by consuming too much bitter with sweet taste which creates belly), then it will provide lesser currency to Brain then what is needed thereby creating and unhealthy body due to hungry brain which will then stop working properly. By the way, all these phenomenon are happening at Universal level too where we find most of Vaishya hoarding and not providing enough or anything to Brahmin resulting in Brahmin losing focus on understanding the world and regulating it. Likewise, shudras are being looked down upon by Brahmins and other Varnas resulting in system getting choked. This even includes philosophers who try to clean the mental dirt but are not cared/shunned by the society in Kalyuga.

Conversely, when Brahmin becomes greedy or overstimulated, it loses its ability to regulate self and other Varnas. Exactly goes with our brain too. When unhealthy, it loses its ability to regulate the body resulting in physical diseases at different levels. Likewise, when Karma (kshatriya/arms) go wrong and don’t listen to Brahmin (the inner voice), then again the entire body and mind go in the wrong direction. We can think of several examples to understand cause and effect relationship between different body parts (Varnas).

The bottomline is that every person should be discharging one’s duty with absolute selflessness which also means give others and self their dues and this way one’s rights will reach one by itself. However, in Kalyuga what we see is that we are bothered more about others work. We are habitual of blaming others. Once we practice discharging our duties selflessly, this world will become a heaven or else our soul will incarnate in a heavenly place where there is love for each other and thus dutifulness for each other and the collective consciousness. A true follower of Vedic philosophy will also never develop jealousy for others he/she would know that every soul has to go through different Varnas in different lives and we all are part of a cosmic game which we should enjoy instead of developing vices like jealousy, ego, lust for each other.