Manu's Varna Poem by Samanyan Lakshminarayanan

a great write. A well attempted interpretation of a part of Manusmriti. It is the first ever example of what we call today as specialization or the division of labour in the economic history of the world. I have a page on Yahoo 360 and my first blog there briefly dealt with this theme. But people seem to have lost interest in such themes so I switched on to poetry later. I enjoyed reading your composition. CP

such well defined structure we have, unfortunately exploited to the advatage of a few...resulting in one hating and suspecting the other!

Kesav has rightly said it..untouched style of describing varnasrama..you've done it..congratulations 10++

dear narayan, gandhi was a poor practicioner of Gita...which resuled in the division of bharat...he didn't understand the true content of gita until he met sri narayana guru from kerala... i am sure until his death gandhi was not aware of the true essance of gita...

I am not in support of any discrimination.. but then they do exist and we better accept it.. nevertheless good work :)

yeah..the Purusha Sukhta says also propagates the Varnashrama Dharma.(brAhmano mukhamAsIthu, bAhu rAjanya....) ..unfortunately, we cling to the varna and not the Dharma....a question raised by Arjuna in the Gita....

A very commendable piece Samanyan..you have sought to put Manu's Varma into perspective...unfortunately what was a good start a 1000 years ago has now been murdered by self-serving individuals and politicians...10++

manu's varna. every body abuses and criticize Manu but every body uses their caste and religion for their own benefit. reservation and minority loot are example of such corrupt practice.excellent write up.

Reference to 4 varnas was there much earlier to Manu. Purusha Suktam of Vedas had mention of varnas: 'Brahmanasya mukhamaaseeth Baahu Rajanya kruthaha OOru Thadasyaya Vyshyaha Padbhyagum Shudro Ajayatha' Reference to 4 varnas is available in Bhratha, Vishnu Sahasranamam etc. too. Manu was a great exponent of Vedas and his Manu Smrithi (Like Yagnavalka Smrithi and Narada Smrithi) was a commentary on Vedas, especially the societal structure of the country. As you rightly observed in this good poem, in spite of all modern slogans, we cannot shake of differences amongst humans based on their abilities and characteristic features. (Lord Krishna said Chatur varnam maya strushtam Guna karma vibhagaye Very well done Sir. A bold attempt. My heartfelt appreciation.

Classification of people in society should be solely based on merits.Great writes Samanyan.