Srimad Bhagvatam
TRANSLATION
Those who have been reformed by the garbhadhana ceremony and other prescribed
reformatory methods, performed with Vedic mantras and without interruption, and
who have been approved by Lord Brahma, are dvijas, or twice-born. Such
brahmanas, kshatriyas and vaisyas, purified by their family traditions and by
their behavior, should worship the Lord, study the Vedas and give charity. In
this system, they should follow the principles of the four ashramas
[brahmacharya, grhastha, vanaprastha and sannyasa].
PURPORT
After giving a general list of thirty qualifications for one's behavior, Narada
Muni now describes the principles of the four varnas and four ashramas. A human
being must be trained in the above-mentioned thirty qualities; otherwise, he is
not even a human being.
Then, among such qualified persons, the varnasrama process should be
introduced. In the varnasrama system, the first ceremony for purification is
garbhadhana, which is performed with mantras at the time of sex for propagating
a good child.
One who uses sex life not for sensual pleasures but only to beget children
according to the reformatory method is also accepted as a brahmachari. One
should not waste semen on sensual pleasure, violating the principles of Vedic
life. Restraint in sex is possible, however, only when the populace is trained
in the above-mentioned thirty qualities; otherwise, it is not possible. Even if
one is born in a family of dvijas, or twice-born, if they have not followed the
reformatory process he is called a dvija-bandhu—not one of the twice-born, but
a friend of the twice-born. The whole purpose of this system is to create good
population.
As stated in Bhagavad-gita, when women are polluted the populace is
varna-sankara, and when the varna-sankara population increases, the situation
of the entire world becomes hellish. Therefore, all the Vedic literatures strongly
warn against creating varna-sankara population.
When there is varna-sankara population, the people cannot be
properly controlled for peace and prosperity, regardless of great legislative
assemblies, parliaments and similar bodies.
