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## Adipurana
There is a lineage of both Tiryanchas and Devas, however, the lineage of all these does not continue. If the meaning of offspring is not taken as lineage but as tradition or Amnaya, and if it is understood that the conduct, i.e., the tendency of the living being obtained from tradition or Amnaya, is called Gotra, then the above definition of Gotrakarma can be comprehensive, because the tradition of ancient Devas and Narakas for Devas and Narakas is proven.
Gotra exists everywhere, but the practice of Varna is only in the Karmabhoomi. Therefore, it does not seem appropriate to believe that both are always connected. When a person becomes a Nirgrantha Sadhu, the practice of Varna ceases even in the Karmabhoomi, but the origin of Gotra remains. Many people readily call Brahmanas, Kshatriyas, and Vaishyas as high Gotras and Shudras as low Gotras. But in this age, when there is a mixture of professions in all classes, is any scholar ready to say with certainty that such and such class is such and such Varna? In some places, Brahmanas have been eating meat and fish for fifty generations, not one or two. They should be considered high Gotras because they were born in the Brahman Kula, and the carpenter, blacksmith, goldsmith, barber, etc. castes of Bundelkhand, who have not consumed meat and liquor for fifty generations, should be called low Gotras because they were born in the Shudra Varna. This does not seem to be understandable. Those who have the practice of Kara-Dhara are Shudras, low, and those who do not have this practice are Trivarna Dwijas, high. This also does not hold true today because, if not openly, then secretly, this practice of Kara-Dhara has been going on in the Trivargas, Dwijas, for thousands of years.
## Varna System: Anadi or Sadi?
The Varna system is Anadi in relation to the Videha Kshetra, but Sadi in relation to the Bharat Kshetra. When the Bhogbhoomi was created here, there was no Varna system. Everyone was of similar age and intellectual capacity. The Jain-other Karma Purana also clearly mentions that there was no Varna division in the Krita Yuga. There was no practice of high and low among the people there, everyone was equal, everyone had the same age, happiness, contentment, etc. were equal in all, all the people lived happily, were full of enjoyment. Thereafter, gradually, attachment and greed began to appear in the people, good conduct began to be destroyed, and some became strong and some became weak, due to which the rules were destroyed. Then, to protect them, Lord Aj, i.e., Brahma, arranged for the Kshatriyas for the benefit of the Brahmanas, established the Varna Ashrama system, and initiated the practice of Yajna, which was free from animal sacrifice. He did all this work at the beginning of the Treta Yuga.
Jain Dharma also believes that until the end of the first, second, and somewhat less the third Kal, people were of similar intellect, strength, etc., so there was no need for the Varna Ashrama system at that time. But from the latter part of the third Kal, there was inequality among people, so Lord Adi Brahma Rishabhdev established the system of Kshatriya, etc. classes.
1. "Kritam tvamithuno-tpattir-vruttih saakshatalolupa. Prajastuptaah sada sarvaa sarvanandaasch bhoginaah. Adhamotama-tvaam naastyaasaam nivises