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There are different prescriptions for different classes of men for their
livelihood. The brahmanas, they can pull on their livelihood by six
ways. Pathana pathana yajana yajana dana pratigraha. Six. And
they must be qualified with twelve high qualities. We have many
times discussed. Out of that qualification, truthfulness is the first
item for a brahmana. A kshatriya may speak lies. That is allowed,
because he has to be diplomat, politician. But a brahmana, oh, he’s
not allowed to speak lie.

This is the system, caste system or varnasrama system. Everyone
was trained. Because these four classes of men are required in a
society. For proper upkeep of society, one class of men must be
very intelligent, highly qualified, with all good qualities. They must
be trained in that way, ideal character so that people can see and
follow them. Therefore brahmanas were taken to so much respect
because they’re ideal character, learned, and godly, knows the
science, spiritual science. Therefore they’re held in high estimation
and topmost of the society. The next, the administrator, administra-
tive class, kshatriyas.

They are trained how to kill. The kshatriyas were allowed to hunt in
the forest to learn the art of killing because that was necessity for
the kshatriyas. Kshatriya, if he... If the king, if he finds somebody is
doing wrong, he can immediately chop off his head if he likes. The
king was so powerful. And it is not that if there was some war, it is
not that the president or the king shall sit down comfortably at
home and ordinary soldiers will go and lay down their life. No. For-
merly, the king or the head of the state, he should first of all go
there in the fight. You see in the picture, the chief men of the
fighting in the Kurukshetra, both sides, they were arrayed, this side,
that side, with their chariot.

Not that the head man, the chief man, or the commander is taking
shelter back side, protecting himself, and poor soldiers are
(chuckles) thrown into the fighting. No.

These were kshatriya spirit. And it is necessary that a class of men
should be trained up in that way, kshatriya, fighting men. In India,
because this training was there since a very long time, so there is
no difficulty in recruiting soldiers there.

There is a class of men, they are very much forward in fighting still.
They are called... Just like the Gurkhas, the Nepalese. You have
heard the name of Nepal. Still a small state, independent state.
They are not within India. Between China and India. The whole Ne-