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The forty-first chapter, **Varna Labha** (Attainment of Caste)
**275** This is the procedure for the attainment of caste for a person who desires to establish a relationship with other **Shravakas** (lay followers) who are engaged in the same livelihood.
**61** The **Bhavyapurusha** (noble soul) should invite four senior **Shravakas** who have completed their **Sakkiya** (spiritual practices) and say to them:
**62** "Please make me equal to yourselves and bestow your grace upon me. You are **Dev Brahmanas** (divine Brahmanas) who liberate beings from the cycle of birth and death, and you are revered in the world. I have also taken initiation and accepted the vows of a **Shravaka**.
**63** I have practiced all the **Dharma** (righteousness) of householders, given **Dana** (charity), and performed **Guru Puja** (worship of the teacher).
**64** By the grace of my **Guru** (spiritual teacher), I have been born without a **Yoni** (womb) and have abandoned the **Mithyatva** (false beliefs) that I had nurtured for a long time, and have attained **Samyak Charitra** (right conduct) which I had never contemplated before.
**65** I have taken the **Yajnopavita** (sacred thread) for the sake of attaining **Vrata Siddhi** (perfection of vows) and have become learned by studying the **Shravaka Achar** (conduct of a Shravaka) thoroughly.
**66** After performing the **Vrata Avataran** (ceremony of accepting vows), I have accepted **Abharana** (ornaments) and have performed the **Sanskar** (ceremony) of my wife and remarried her.
**67** Thus, it is appropriate for me, who has taken the vows, to attain **Varna Labha**. It is easily attainable with your permission, O **Sadharmi** (fellow practitioners of Dharma).
**68** Upon hearing this, the **Shravakas** should say: "Yes, it shall be so. What you have said is commendable. Who else is like you, O **Dvija** (twice-born)?
**69** In the absence of people like you, we are compelled to establish relationships even with **Mithyadrishti** (those with false beliefs) who are engaged in the same livelihood.
**70** Saying this, they should reassure him and bestow upon him **Varna Labha**. He, in turn, having received **Varna Labha** according to the proper procedure, attains equality with those **Shravakas**.
**71** This is the **Varna Labha Kriya** (procedure for attaining caste). Now, the **Kula Charaya** (family tradition) will be explained. The **Kula Charaya** of a **Pushkala** (prosperous) **Arya** (noble person) consists of the following six practices:
**72** 1. **Kanya Pradana** (giving away a daughter in marriage)
2. **Dana** (charity)
3. **Samvidhatu** (to desire to establish a relationship)
4. **Sadrisha Arya Shatkarma** (similar noble practices)
5. **Vichkshana** (discerning)
6. **Chatur Sankhyan** (four in number)
7. **Yushmat Sadrishikrut** (made equal to you)
8. **Chira Kala Sanskarit** (nurtured for a long time) - This refers to **Mithyatva Vritti