यज्ञशीलाः कर्मविशुद्धा ब्राह्मणा बभूवुः ॥१३॥
yavÄ«yÄá¹sa ekÄśītir jÄyanteyÄḥ pitur ÄdeÅ›akarÄ mahÄ-Å›ÄlÄ«nÄ mahÄ-Å›rotriyÄ yajña-śīlÄḥ karma-viÅ›uddhÄ brÄhmaá¹‡Ä babhÅ«vuḥ
yavÄ«yÄá¹saḥ - younger; ekÄśītiḥ - numbering eighty-one; jÄyanteyÄḥ - the sons of JayantÄ«, the wife of Ṛṣabhadeva; pituḥ - of their father; ÄdeÅ›akarÄḥ - following the order; mahÄ-Å›ÄlÄ«nÄḥ - well behaved. well cultured; mahÄ-Å›rotriyÄḥ - extremely learned in Vedic knowledge; yajña-śīlÄḥ - expert in performing ritualistic ceremonies; karma-viÅ›uddhÄḥ - very pure in their activities; brÄhmaṇÄḥ - qualified brÄhmaṇas; babhÅ«vuḥ - became.
In addition to these nineteen sons mentioned above, there were eighty-one younger ones, all born of Ṛṣabhadeva and JayantÄ«. According to the order of their father, they became well-cultured, well-behaved, very pure in their activities and expert in Vedic knowledge and the performance of Vedic rituals. Thus they all became perfectly qualified brÄhmaṇas.
From this verse we have good information of how the castes are qualified according to quality and work. Ṛṣabhadeva, a king, was certainly a ká¹£atriya. He had a hundred sons, and out of these, ten were engaged as ká¹£atriyas and ruled the planet. Nine sons became good preachers of ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam (mahÄ-bhÄgavatas), and this indicates that they were above the position of brÄhmaṇas. The other eighty-one sons became highly qualified brÄhmaṇas. These are some practical examples of how one can become fit for a certain type of activity by qualification, not by birth. All the sons of MahÄrÄja Ṛṣabhadeva were ká¹£atriyas by birth, but by quality some of them became ká¹£atriyas, and some became brÄhmaṇas. Nine became preachers of ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam (bhÄgavata-dharma-darÅ›anÄḥ), which means that they were above the categories of ká¹£atriya and brÄhmaṇa.
