The poser forwarded to me by some whether Tamilian Brahmana-s are a genetically superior race, unleashed an avalanche of cerebral modulations within me and I decided to chirp in with a few of my own too. A good laugh in my mind was the additional perquisite for me indeed to hog.
To begin with I would prefer to behold so called racial hierarchy on the basis of Guna-Karma combine.
If one leads his/her entire life in the Sattvik mode engaged in Sattvik Karma-s then the probability of his/her being born in a Sattvik Brahmana family next runs very high.
In case of Rajasik mode with Rajasik Karma-s, next birth would be in a Ksatriya family in all probability.
Mix of Rajasik-Tamasik mode engaged in Rajasik-Tamasik Karma-s leads one into Vaishya family next.
Entirely Tamasik mode engaged in Tamasik Karma-s is destined into Shudra family next.
So our Karma-s decide nature of resurgence of Guna which in turn decides our next Varna in an appropriate family. Hence inheritance of Varna through birth is a reality based on resurgent Guna engineered by appropriate Karma-s in current life. It is so affirmed not only in sanitized version of Manusmriti but also in Shrimadbhagvad Gita by Vasudeva Shri Krshna.
So obvious is that inheritance of Varna is actually decided by the combine of Guna-Karma and not by DNA or genes at all.
Now one more important factor enters, factor of unredeemed aspirations rather aspirations on resurgence during ones concluding phase of life. This aspiration so resurgent shall carry one into a family next where facilitative ambiance is available for its redemption. That’s why and how you often discover music running through generations in a given family, doctors kids automatically becoming doctors etc. etc. Hence the dubious term ‘genetically superior’ is entirely frivolous for all to comprehend.
Next term to reckon with is ‘Jaati’ nomenclatured Caste by British-Gora intruders into Hindu society. Even Manusmriti does mention Jaati but entirely in a different context viz. women folk as ‘Naari-Jaati’, menkind as ‘Manushya-Jaati’ etc. albeit NOT at all on lines of Ahir, Kumhara, Teli, Chamar etc. However, Machiavellian British-Gora thugs obsessed with the intention to divide to dominate Hindu community sowed seeds of aggregation based on factors like occupation, region, language, few social practices etc. Thus the inter-caste rivalry turned into inter-caste acrimony and isolationism that transcended generations causing havoc in the country. Hindu-s being not only ignorant of their sinister designs but also completely deprived of self-esteem and dignity for centuries readily lapped it up and disastrous consequences are there for all to behold. Mutilation of Manusmriti began in Bengal by scholars like Raghumani Vidyabhushan etc. under British evil influence and carried forward by many subsequently.
Post independence Brahmana-s of UP/Bihar joined politics, became corrupt rogue politicians. Other Varna-s and Jaati-s in those states emulated them and those states were ruined rapidly. Politics of vote-bank and gangsterism dissolved concepts of development, progress, social upliftment, mind-set change etc. and it was only criminality all around to vibrate. Almost all advisors of Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi were Kshmiri Brahmana-s and the quality of their advisories tendered to those Prime Ministers is conspicuously visible in the state of affairs that prevailed during their tenures. Even advice to impose Emergency in 1975 to Indira Gandhi was submitted by Brahmana politician from Bengal Siddhartha Shankar Roy. Prevailing contempt for Brahmana-s in the country is not entirely unfounded. On the contrary, Tamilian Brahmana-s went into education and respectable professions in a big way, emulated by non-Brahmana population of the state and entire state of Tamil Nadu progressed rapidly. So it is not the non-existent genetic-racial status that is responsible for ones advancement but right Karma-s, ardent pursuit of Dharma and education that goad one to feel superior or inferior to others.
Once progressive, a community may turn arrogant, supercilious and snobbish, then decline and destruction begins. Examples are aplenty. Kashmiri Pandits, then Bengali Hindu-s, now Panjabis/Sikhs. Next in line of self-destruction are Tamilian Hindu-s. Dravidian and Tamil Brahmanical supercilious snobbery will ruin them in due course if not stemmed immediately. In fact, process has already gained momentum on a perceptible scale. Now to judge a person or community superior or inferior on a specified scale is for you all to take the call.
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