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According to the three modes of material nature (guna – quality) and
the work (karma – work) associated with them, the four divisions of
human society are created by Me. And although I am the creator of
this system, you should know that I am yet the non-doer, being un-
changeable. (Bg 4.13)

In modern mes, Hindu priests purposely changed one word of the
original words spoken by Lord Krishna. They changed guna (quality) to
janma (birth). This one-word change created the false caste system as
prac ced in India today with disastrous effects on the growth and de-
velopment of Hinduism.

Narada Muni further elucidates Maharaja Yudhisthira about the Var-
nasrama system of social and spiritual organiza on of society. (SB
5.1.14)

My dear boy, all of us are bound by the Vedic injunc ons to the divi-
sions of varnasrama according to our quali es and work. These divi-
sions are difficult to avoid because they are scien fically arranged. We
must therefore carry out our du es of varnasrama-dharma, like bulls
obliged to move according to the direc on of a driver pulling on ropes
kno ed to their noses. (SB 5.1.14)

Bhak vedanta Swami’s purport follows:

In this verse, the words tantyam guna-karma-damabhih are very im-
portant. We each get a body according to our associa on with the
gunas, the quali es or modes of material nature, and we act according-
ly. As stated in Bhagavad-gita, the four orders of the social system --
namely Brahmana (intellectuals and brahminical priests), Kshatriyas
(administra ve leaders of society and warriors), vaisya (farmers, busi-
nessmen and bankers) and sudra(workers who assist the three other
divisions of society) -- are arranged according to guna and karma, their
quali es and work. There is some controversy about this, however, be-
cause some say that since one receives a body according to the guna
and karma of his past life, it is one's birth that determines his social sta-
tus. Others say, however, that one's birth according to the guna and

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