# Cc. Ādi 17.42 ## Text > nitya rātre kari āmi bhavānī-pūjana > āmāra mahimā dekha, brāhmaṇa-sajjana ## Synonyms *nitya* *rātre*—every night; *kari*—I do; *āmi*—I; *bhavānī*-*pūjana*—worship of Bhavānī, the wife of Lord Śiva; *āmāra*—my; *mahimā*—glories; *dekha*—you see; *brāhmaṇa*-*sat*-*jana*—all respectable *brāhmaṇas.* ## Translation **"Gentlemen, every night I worship the goddess Bhavānī. Since the paraphernalia for the worship is present here, now all you respectable brāhmaṇas and members of the higher castes can understand my position."** ## Purport According to the Vedic system there are four castes—the *brāhmaṇas, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas* and *śūdras*-and below them are the *pañcamas,* who are lower than the *śūdras.* The higher castes—the *brāhmaṇas,* the *kṣatriyas* and even the *vaiśyas*-were known as *brāhmaṇa-saj-jana.* The *brāhmaṇas* especially were known as *sajjana,* or respectable gentlemen who guided the entire society. If there were disputes in the village, people would approach these respectable *brāhmaṇas* to settle them. Now it is very difficult to find such *brāhmaṇas* and *saj-janas,* and thus every village and town is so disrupted that there is no peace and happiness anywhere. To revive a fully cultured civilization, the scientific division of society into *brāhmaṇas, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas* and *śūdras* must be introduced all over the world. Unless some people are trained as *brāhmaṇas,* there cannot be peace in human society.