History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.72
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.72
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The system of the four varṇas had taken such deep roots in the period when the Brāhmaṇa works were composed, that we often meet with Vedic passages saying that it extended even to the gods, Agni and Bṛhaspati being the brāhmaṇas among gods; Indra, Varuṇa, Soma, Yama being the kṣatriyas; Vasus, Rudras, the Viśve Devas and Maruts being the viś, and Pūṣan being the śūdra.¹⁰⁵ Similarly it is said 'the brāhmaṇa is really spring, the kṣatriya summer, and the viś are the rainy season.'