The Indian Review November 1936 A Monthly Periodical Devoted to the Discussion of All Topics of Interest

The higher the Varna the less freedom in the social sense—but freedom sacrificed voluntarily from a 84"666 THE INDIAN REVIEW [ NOVEMBER 1936 realisation of the increase of social responsibility and of the propriety of decrease of personal enjoyment with the ascension of every rung in the social ladder (129). [...] The pure conception of a Brahman according to the Varna theory is in his opinion to be found in the Epics and in the Puranas (119) while the Dharmasastras are curious mixture of life and form of the noblest and purest thoughts of humanity and the grossest superstition ' (103). [...] He winds up the discussion with the observation that Hinduism owes to true Brahmans the blessings of the theory and the ideal of Varna and to the Brahmans as caste uholders many of the diseases of caste (113) The Varna Brahmin tried to help man to understand his place in the cosmic world and to make clear to la'm the relations between man mutually and between man and the divine powers '. The c [...] In the artificial hiearchy of the social constitution of the modern state either in the East or in the West not the degree of sociality but the amount of power wielded by the individual decides his place in relation to that of otters in the scale. [...] Before coming to his conclusion speaking of the attitude of the lower ' castes he says the lower and untouchable castes in spite of desiring a levelling of castes or an abolisment of the system are only striving for a higher position in the hierarchy for which they invoke the aid and the recognition of the Brahmins' (182).