A small lesson by Lord Viṣṇu on how to interpret rules laid down by Smṛtis, Purāṇas, etc.
Knowing that Lord Viṣṇu is staying with a Cāṇḍāla, a learned Brāhmaṇa hints at the Cāṇḍāla being utterly impure based on Smṛtis, Purāṇas, Āgamas & Vedas. (1/5)
Knowing that Lord Viṣṇu is staying with a Cāṇḍāla, a learned Brāhmaṇa hints at the Cāṇḍāla being utterly impure based on Smṛtis, Purāṇas, Āgamas & Vedas. (1/5)
Viṣṇu tells him a small yet an important detail.
The Cāṇḍāla being very devoted to his parents, became the most virtuous in the whole world.
Viṣṇu also says that even a Cāṇḍāla who has a good conduct is known as a 'Brāhmaṇa' by the Gods. (2/5)
The Cāṇḍāla being very devoted to his parents, became the most virtuous in the whole world.
Viṣṇu also says that even a Cāṇḍāla who has a good conduct is known as a 'Brāhmaṇa' by the Gods. (2/5)
This small portion suggests that the general rules and regulations are not necessarily to be applied to all of the concerned subjects.
A Cāṇḍāla of a good conduct is not simply a Cāṇḍāla, on whom each an every of those regulations told by Smṛtis etc. shall apply. (3/5)
A Cāṇḍāla of a good conduct is not simply a Cāṇḍāla, on whom each an every of those regulations told by Smṛtis etc. shall apply. (3/5)
Similar sense seems to be a guiding principle elsewhere too.
Santa Ravidāsa's verses in Guru Grantha Sāhiba (page 1293) tell that the chief Brāhmaṇas of Vārāṇasī bowed down to him (even though he was a 'Camāra') due to his great ādhyātmika achievement and conduct. (4/5)
Santa Ravidāsa's verses in Guru Grantha Sāhiba (page 1293) tell that the chief Brāhmaṇas of Vārāṇasī bowed down to him (even though he was a 'Camāra') due to his great ādhyātmika achievement and conduct. (4/5)
Source: Padmapurāṇa, Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa, Adhyāya 50
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