Shudra 3

...There are four noticeable things about a Shudra. The first is that he is not entitled to thread ceremony; the second is that he is not entitled to have any property; the third is that he cannot marry into higher Varnas and the fourth is that he has to survive only with the help of his manual and at the mercy of upper castes. And as usually all their coming generations have to eternally do the same. It is not called eternal religion for nothing. It has inbuilt eternal exploitation. They are the eternal servants of this eternal society. All these servants have earned their Shudrahood due to their bad Karmas. They have been working to attain this status all through their uncountable previous lives. After such a hard work they achieve the justified status of a servant. Their present status confirms bad deeds of their past lives. There is no other way to confirm the nature of deed of their past lives. Though being lowest in Varna they have been given a reason to feel superior when they compare themselves with those who were born at the end and do the unclean jobs - the untouchables. The lawmakers have given them a reason to rejoice. They refuse either to serve the untouchables or mix with them. They, their ancestors and their coming generations should be eternally grateful to lawmakers for providing them a reason to rejoice. They do not know that to what an extent they are indebted to considerate and compassionate lawmakers for such happiness. They have provided happiness even to servants. It speaks volumes of other worldliness of these lawmakers. However, this sense of superiority which gives them eternal joy evaporates when they come face to face with higher Varnas.

Now we turn to Manusmriti, the most celebrated of the dharma Shastras to know the abilities and disabilities imposed on them by the Varna system. A Shudra is a man without any rights in Varna system. His rightslessness starts from the birth itself. He has no right even to name himself. He cannot give any dignified name to himself. According to Manusmriti, a Shudra cannot have a respectable name. This denoted that he has no claim to dignity in the society. His indignity starts from birth itself and continues with naming; afterward it marches on. His first name is supposed to denote something contemptible and second name should denote service. It indicates that he was made to be insulted and serve others. And his job is to meekly serve the higher Varnas. The God created them to serve the higher people. They represent the God created servanthood. Further he is excluded from the duties of an Aryan. This effectively means that a Shudra is kept out of rituals, ceremonies and religious functions of higher Varnas. These upper Varnas controlled the social, religious, political and economical space between them. His job was to serve these socially, politically, ritually and economically dominant group of people. He was effectively kept out of important social, ritual, political and economical activities. In other word he was cut off from the dominant Vedic culture. He was a thoroughly unfit man for such purposes...