Brahminical status is determined by character and initiation through the guru's grace, transcending birth and social background entirely.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Room Conversation With Sanskrit Professor — August 13, 1973, Paris 730813R1-PARIS [53:06 Minutes] Conv_730813R1-PARIS Yogeśvara: ...At the University of..., at the Sorbonne University here in Paris. Professor: No, in fact, in the University of Marseilles. Yogeśvara: Marseilles? Professor: In the southern part of France.
Prabhupāda: So you can show our books, how Sanskrit we have written. Professor: What? Yogeśvara: He says we can show you our books. These are some of the publications of our Society.
Prabhupāda: Set all the books. Let him read the Sanskrit portion. Guru-gaurāṅga: This is Śrīmad Bhagavad-gītā. Professor: That's the translation of...
Prabhupāda: Yes. Each word. Just see how we have translated. You are Sanskrit scholar.
Professor: This is the first volume? Are you preparing more of them?
Prabhupāda: Yes, we are preparing sixty. Professor: Oh, I see.
Prabhupāda: Sixty volumes. Professor: Oh, that's wonderful.