Srila Vishwanatha Chakravarti Thakur, a great Vaishnava Acharya, says that when
a president or king is sitting on his throne, he does not need to show respect
to everyone who comes within his assembly, but he must show respect to
superiors like his spiritual master, Brahmanas and Vaishnavas. There are many
examples of how he should act. When Lord Krishna was sitting on His throne and Narada
fortunately entered His assembly, even Lord Krishna immediately stood up with
His officers and ministers to offer respectful obeisances to Närada. Närada
knew that Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and Krishna knew that
Närada was His devotee, but although Krishna is
the Supreme Lord and Närada is the Lord's devotee, the Lord observed the
religious etiquette. Since Närada was a brahmachari, a brahmana and an exalted
devotee, even Krishna , while acting as a king,
offered His respectful obeisances unto Närada. Such is the conduct visible in
the Vedic civilization. A civilization in which the people do not know how the
representative of Närada and Krishna should be respected, how society should be
formed and how one should advance in Krishna consciousness—a society concerned
only with manufacturing new cars and new skyscrapers every year and then
breaking them to pieces and making new ones—may be technologically advanced,
but it is not a human civilization. A human civilization is advanced when its
people follow the Chatur Varna system, the system of four orders of life. There
must be ideal, first-class men to act as advisors, second-class men to act as
administrators, third-class men to produce food and protect cows, and
fourth-class men who obey the three higher classes of society. One who does not
follow the standard system of society should be considered a fifth-class man. A
society without Vedic laws and regulations will not be very helpful to
humanity. As stated in Srimad Bhagvatam, “dharmam te na param viduh” such a
society does not know the aim of life and the highest principle of religion.
Lord Sri Krishna Washing feets of Sudama Brahmana
Maharaja Yudhisthir humbly inquiring to Narad Muni in the Rajsuya yagya sabha
King Indra disrespected his spiritual master Brahaspati and faced lot of troubles
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