Srila Prabhupada on Aryan culture, Kali Yuga: First-class Men needed to end Dark Age!

A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada explains the history of Vedic culture, and the societal characteristics of the Aryans, prior to and during the progression of the Dark Age:

"Kali Yuga means the dark age, or the sinful age, or the age for argument, unnecessary talks and fights."

He goes into the current nature of modern human society:

"So, at the present moment, practically there is no Brahman, no Kshatriya, no Vaishya, only Sudras - fourth-class men.. You cannot expect any happiness guided by the fourth-class man."

He thus explains that it is only logical that especially in the midst of the strife and suffering in Kali Yuga the Aryans (those endowed with Ārya; nobility) rightfully rule and forge a great example to the world:

"This is essential that the human society must be divided into four divisions. The Brahman class means the first-class, ideal man. So that by seeing their character, their behavior, others will try to follow.
'Yad Yad acarati sresthas'" ("Whatever action a great man performs..." [from Bhagavad Gita 3.21: "Whatever action a great man performs, common men follow. And whatever standards he sets by exemplary acts, all the world pursues."])

- This is where the aristocratic principle of nature, namely of race, is apparent in all levels of human existence and is of high potency.

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