sri-bhagavan uvaca

dharmya esa tava prasno

 naihsreyasa-karo nrnam

varnasramacaravatam

 tam uddhava nibodha me

 

Translation: 

 

The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: My dear Uddhava, your question is faithful to religious principles and thus gives rise to the highest perfection in life, pure devotional service, for both ordinary human beings and the followers of the varnasrama system. Now please learn from Me those supreme religious principles.

 

Purport: 

 

The word naihsreyasa-kara indicates that which awards the highest perfection of life, Krsna consciousness, which the Lord is explaining to Sri Uddhava. When considering religious principles, ordinary human beings remain bogged down in sectarian mundane considerations. The process that awards the highest perfection of life should be considered the most auspicious for human beings. The varnasrama system is the most scientific presentation of religiosity on the earth, and those who are most perfect in that system come to the point of Krsna consciousness, or dedicating everything for the satisfaction of the Supreme Lord.