Comparison

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Brahman

Kshatriya

Vaishya

Shudra

1. The concerned part of the body	Head	Both arms	Abdomen	Both legs from the waist downwards
2. Right to perform the six actions (shatakarma)
A. Study Spirituality	+	+
B. Preach Spirituality	+
C. Perform sacrificial fires	+
D. Guide at sacrificial fires	+	+	+
E. Make offerings	+	+	+
F. Accept offerings	+			+
3. Number of days of seclusion during the mou- rning period (sutak) (Gautam Dharmasutra 14.1/4, Manu– smruti 5.83, etc.)	10	11	12	30
4. Punishment for a misdeed
A. Slander (abuse, criticism), e.g. criticism of a Brahman (Manusmruti 8.378, 8.267)	A fine of 12 pans* if one accuses so- meone of theft, etc. & 24 pans if abuses are showered on someone	A fine of 100 pans	A fine of 150 pans	Beating
B. E.g. Punishment to a Brahman for killing someone (Yadnyaval– kyasmruti 3.236, Manusmruti adhyay 11, Gautam Dharmasutra 22.14/16)	Undertaking a vowed observance (vrat) for 12 years (living far away from home below a tree with matted hair & observing celibacy for 12 years)	If a Kshatriya is killed then observing celibacy for 6 years or donating 1000 cows and 1 ox	If a Vaishya is killed then observing celibacy for 3 years or offering 100 cows and 1 ox in donation	If a Shudra is killed then observing celibacy for a year or donating 10 cows and 1 ox
5. Happiness, Unhappiness and Bliss
A. Quantity of hapiness and unhapiness	Close to a spiritual level which transc- ends happin- ess and unhappiness	Happiness is more than unhappiness	Happiness is equal to unhappiness	Unhappiness is more than happiness
B. Types of hapiness	Sattvik	Rajasik	Rajasik	Tamasik
C. Happiness %	20	40	35	30
D. Unhappiness %	10	20	35	50
E. Bliss %	20	0	0	0
F. A neutral state without happiness or unhappiness %	50	40	30	20
6. Quantity of destiny and spiritual practice (total 100%)
A. Destiny %	30	50	70	90
B. Spiritual practice %	70	50	30	10
7. Spiritual practice
A. Main types of spiritual practice	Path of Knowledge	Path of Meditation	Offering	Service
B. Others	External obj- ect of conte- mplation is unnecessary	Achieving concentration of the mind by looking at an object (lakshavedh) listening to a word (shabdavedh)	Can be viewed compara- tively	Gross spiritual practice
8. Offering in spiritual practice
A Intellect	+
B. Life	+	+
C. Wealth	+	+	+
D. Body	+	+	+	+
9. Comparison of spiritual practice according to the class
A. The minimal spiritual level re- required for spi- ritual practice %	50	40	35	30
B. Amount of annual spiritual progress %	2	1	0.5	0.25
C. The maximum spiritual level attainable %	100	70	50	40
10. Quantity of individual spiritual practice and that for the sake of society(total 100%)
A. Individual spiritual practice (vyashti sadhana) %	30	40	90	99
B. Spiritual practice for the sake of society (samashti sadhana) %	70	60	10	1
11. In those with a sp- iritual level of 50%
A. Oja [a precursor of effulgence (tej)]	10	6	4	2
B. Semen	90	94**	96***	98***
12. Ability to know which time period	Beyond time	Past, present and future	Past and present	Present (does not think about past or future)
13. Total amount in the Kaliyug %	1	5	30	64
14. Semblance of the yug to the class, e.g. the Satyayug has the attire of a Brahman	Satyayug	Tretayug	Dvaparyug	Kaliyug (The Shudra : Nude, hol- ding the tongue in one hand & the penis in the other)