Now the reason why I put this in quotes is because they are associated with this notion from the various Hindu scripture of varnas. But the best translation from Sanskrit into English of varnas is classes. And it's interesting to think about whether they were first intended to be just social classes or also hereditary classes as the caste system implies. What we do know is that as we approach modern Hinduism over the last several hundred years, it did approach something that was more what you are born into. But we'll look at a little bit at the scripture and I'll leave it up to you to decide whether it was more of a social class or it was a class that you are born into. Now the four varnas that are described in the Vedas and in other Hindu scripture, at the top you have the Brahmins who are the priests and the teachers, not to be confused with the god Brahma or the ultimate reality Brahman. Next you have the Kshatriyas who are the warriors and rulers.