Modern society is a sudra society because people lack faith in Krishna and depend entirely on others for their livelihood.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Bhagavad-gītā 4.13 — August 5, 1974, Vṛndāvana 740805BG-VRNDAVAN [42:45 Minutes] Bg-04.13_740805BG-VRNDAVAN Puṣṭa-kṛṣṇa: ...translation... [break] ...Bhagavad-gītā... [break] Dayānanda: ...Prabhupāda...
Prabhupāda: Hmm. Dayānanda: What is that... [break] Prabhupāda: ...where is, I don't exactly... We have heard from authorities.
There is no question of inquiring. What is the... Even if you don't quote, you can assert firmly that everyone is a śūdra. How?
Now, guṇa-karma-vibhāgaśaḥ [Bg. 4.13]. Bhagavad-gītā says this classification is made, guṇa-karma. So what is the karma at the present moment? They're seeking service.
The so-called education means seeking service, master. Paricaryātmakaṁ karma śūdra-karma svabhāva-jam [Bg. 18.44]. This is śāstra. Anyone who is attached to give service to others or, without giving service to others, he cannot live, that is he's śūdra.
He has no independent existence. Just like I was showing, the dog. Unemployed. Lean and thin and...
Because he has no master. The same dog, when he has got a master, he'll be stout and strong, and he'll, as soon as you..., "Owf! Owf! Bow!