Whether one is a supporter of Varna vyavastha or a critic, the reading and understanding of Varna system has to be done along with Ashrama and Purushartha.
Without those two, the comprehension of Varna system is dangerously half baked.
#ReadingRajadharmaparva
Most of the online supporters of Varna system are too afraid of Ashrama discussions because it calls for a daunting amount of rigour in practising.
And most critics done even understand the badics if Purusharthas and keep barking "brahminical patriarchy" at every unrelated event
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An Ashrama imbalance in a family can affect it much harder than a so called Varnasankara does.
For eg, Unfettered attachment and indulgence at the age of 60+ are bound to send the next gen (gen2) on a premature vairagya spree and that interferes badly with the parenting of gen3
Same can be said about purusharthas. An imbalance by one generation has repurcussions on the next 2-3 generations.
There is an abject lacking of awareness and discussion about Ashrama and Purushartha in traditional circles that go hoarse shouting against 'intercaste marriage'
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