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The commentary by r-Jva gosvmi for the above verses is as follows:

tatra dviparrdhdau brhma-kalpe yat kta-tretayor varramcr

pravtti-kramas tam hadv iti pacabhi | yato y tu sy-di ta eva

ctur varydi -pravttir varit s kalpntarev eva jey ||11.17.10||

There, in the brahma-kalpa, that comes in the beginning of the 51styear of

Lord Brahma, the sequential manifestation of conduct as per varramaamongst kta and reta yugas is being said through the five verses beginning

with du... Where the manifestation of the four varas is described right

from the beginning of the creation itself must certainly be understood to be

in other Kalpas. (In other words, it is only in one specific kalpa where therewas one vara in the beginning. In other kalpas, the four varas werepresent right from the beginning.)

tadn k nih vidhi -krybhvn nnye ved pr avar tit, kintu mukhyaeka evety haveda i ti ||11.17.11||

What was the nature of nih then? Since there was absence of vidhi-

kryas. Other Vedas had not come forth. Rather there was principally only

one Veda (Praava). This is said by the verse starting with veda.

kramea te muktau saty tn anyn vedn pr avar tynye'dhikr ia

pravartit ity hatreteti dvbhym | ||11.17.12||

After the attainment of mukti by them one by one (because already they are

said to be kata-ktya from their very birth) in that satya yuga, on bringing

forth the other Vedas, the adhikris for following the Vedas were brought

forth. This is said by the two verses beginning with treta..

Therefore it is very clear that only after the liberation of all the ha sas did

the Lord create the four Vedas first then followed by the four Varas.

Therefore, the ha sas, being perfect just from birth did not become drasbut were liberated. The creation of the four varas in Treta-yuga is an

entirely different phenomenon and has no relation to the ha sas of that

particular Kta-yuga. To even think that the ha sas became dras in kta-

yuga is an offense against the ha sas who were perfect right from birth.