Even if you want to become a brahmachari, only your karma should favour you. Your paapa and punya should be in equal measures. It is not in Bhagvan's hands or yours.We already have a rarest of rare janmas. Getting this janma is like a blind man trying to catch a crow. It is just accidental if a blind man catches a crow. Neither it has happened in the past nor will it happen in the future.That is why it is said "Jantunam nara janma durlabham"
Swamiji continued with the 3rd sloka :Durlabham trayamevaitad deva anugraham" There are 4 types of human beings
1."janmana jaayate shudraha" Any child born is a shudraha.This means the child is unrefined,uncultured and insensitive.Every new born is to be made better like gold ore needs to be refined to get a polished finish.
Those days we had "sodasha samskaras" to convert the child from shudra to "dvijaha" ie: twice born refined purusha.Now by vidya, dvijaha becomes "vipraha"- adhyayanath bhaveth vipraha - well equipped mature person,self sufficient in field of dharma /adharma.A vipraha need not be guided.He knows brahman - Aham Brhmasmi Then he can declare himself to be a Brahmana
Swamiji narrated the story of Vishwamitra - a raja rishi and Vashishta- a brahma rishi.How vishwamitra wanted to become a brahma rishi like Vashishta and how long he had to do tapasya to attain that stateand accepted by Vashishta. A right frame of mind is needed to become a Brahmana."Krupakara - one who has not understood what is Brahman. Sage Yagnavalkya describes it is waste of life if one does not understand brahman. If one has managed to understand oneself you have done what you are supposed to do.All of us have no choice to be born as a shudra but dying as a shudra is great loss waste of life.So let us not die as shudra. All of us should aspire to become a brahmana.
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