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Chapter 6: Nitya-dharma, race & caste

Devīdāsa Vidyāratna was a teacher, and for a long time he had been firmly convinced that the brāhmaṇas were foremost among all varṇas. He believed that no one except brāhmaṇas are fit to obtain the highest goal of life, and that unless he takes birth in a brāhmaṇa family, the jīva cannot attain mukti. He also believed that birth in such a family is the sole cause of developing the characteristic nature of a brāhmaṇa. When he heard the discussions between the Vaiṣṇavas and the descendant of Chānd Kāzī, he became completely dissatisfied. He could not penetrate the statements of Kāzī Sāhib at all, for they were full of deep, fundamental truths.