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Lord Subrahmanya Murugan Foot Print

Of the few major Deities mentioned in the Vedas ,Subrahmanya is One.

He is called Skanda in the Veda.

The ancient language Tamil venerate Him as the God of Tamil and He is the personification of Tamil.

The eighteen consonants and vowels are represented by Murugan, Murugu in Tamil means exquisitely beautiful, by His six faces and twelve forms.

He imparted Brahma Gnana to Brahma and even preached His Father, Lord Shiva.( The temple depicting this incident is Tiruthani, Tamil Nadu, where Lord Shiva kneels before Subrahmanya!

One who realized Brahman is a Brahman.

In Sanskrit, when you add the prefix 'su', it means the 'highest, best'

Caste Apasthamba Sutra Contradicts Bhagavad Gita

On Catse system, Apasthamba says thus,

Catvāro varṇā brāhmaṇa kṣatriya vaiśya śūdrāḥ || 4 ||
4. [There are] four castes — brāhmaṇas, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas, and śūdras.
All four are entitled to practice the Dharma set forth by the agreement of the Law-givers.
teṣāṃ pūrvaḥ pūrvo janmataś-śreyān || 5 ||
5. Among these, each preceding [caste] is superior by birth to the one
following.
aśūdrāṇām aduṣṭa-karmāṇām upāyanaṃ vedādhyayanam agnyādheyaṃ
phalavanti ca karmāṇi ||