There is a stricture that no one should try to learn the Vedas
who is not a qualified Brahmana. This stricture has been
wrongly interpreted in so many ways. A class of men, who
claim brahmanical qualification simply by their birth right in
the family of a Brahmana, claim that the study of the Vedas
is a monopoly of the brahmanical caste only. Another section
of the people take this as an injustice to other castes who do
not happen to take birth in a brahmanical family. But both of
them are misguided. The Vedas are subjects which had to
be explained even to Brahmaji by the Supreme Lord.
Therefore the subject matter is understood by persons with exceptional qualities of goodness. SB 1.4.24.
Bhagavad Gita is the essence of all Vedas. It can be
understood by a person who is friend and devotee of Lord
Krsna, by approaching a bona fide Acharya (Guru) in a
humble manner.
who is not a qualified Brahmana. This stricture has been
wrongly interpreted in so many ways. A class of men, who
claim brahmanical qualification simply by their birth right in
the family of a Brahmana, claim that the study of the Vedas
is a monopoly of the brahmanical caste only. Another section
of the people take this as an injustice to other castes who do
not happen to take birth in a brahmanical family. But both of
them are misguided. The Vedas are subjects which had to
be explained even to Brahmaji by the Supreme Lord.
Therefore the subject matter is understood by persons with exceptional qualities of goodness. SB 1.4.24.
Bhagavad Gita is the essence of all Vedas. It can be
understood by a person who is friend and devotee of Lord
Krsna, by approaching a bona fide Acharya (Guru) in a
humble manner.