2.
The priestly class
The brahmanas[1] know all the Vedas and are engaged in the following six duties:
performing sacrifices,
engaging others in performing sacrifices,
studying,
teaching,
giving charity and
accepting charity.
3. Craftsmen
Craftsmen, who maintain their lives by various kinds of trades and crafts, are known as bahisthas.
The aforementioned groups are further divided into eight:
These five groups within Sri Krishna’s family (vaisyas, abhiras, gurjaras, vipras and bahisthas) are further divided into eight.
They are:
honourable elders,
brothers-and-sisters and so forth,
messengers,
servants,
craftsmen,
maidservants,
friends of the same age and
beloveds.
[1] Also known as vipras
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