Question

1. Why were people not happy with the Brahmins in the Later Vedic Period​

Answer 1

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Various sub castes evolved in addition to the traditional four-castes. The Brahmanas and Kshatriyas emerged as the two leading castes out of the general mass of population, known as vaishyas. The vaishyas were superior to the shudras.

Answer 2

Answer:

1. From visionary sage-priest-poet-singers to ritualistic performers and mundane philosophers.

The Brahmins, a class comprising of sub-classes of kavis, vipras, ṛṣis, brahmās were actually very much gifted, visionaries, poets and singers who could compose verses and sacred formulas (brahman) involving the Ṛta, encompassing the subtle Reality in its varying forms, inspired by divine vision. They were known for their wisdom and vision, their literary talent and spiritual charisma, in the early Vedic age.

People believed in their vision, and therefore regarded them as the forefront of the religion. However, the kings, who followed a primitive ritualistic religion, wanted these sage-poets, wise-men and formulators to recite/sing/mutter/chant their verses/songs/formulas in the ritual so that the ritual becomes blessed. Often, the wise men had this as their bread-winning job as well; so they did chant the verses they composed in these rituals, by accepting the patronage of kings. If the rituals were successful, the kings would choose more likely to gift these wise-men, which fed the latter. If the king wouldn’t choose to gift the poets, the poets had no choice but to accept their bad destiny and curse the king for spoiling the trust. As they say, their brahman (verse) was their armour. Some unfortunate poets had to even beg for living because of betrayal by the old friendly chiefs who should have helped them (Cf. Bhikṣu Āṅgirasa).

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