With great wish in my heart to cure this society/and myself from useless and stupid uses of Caste system, I write against these hopeless practices.
Who are Jaisi Bahun?
Codification of Jaisi Bahun can be found in Muluki Ain of JBR, I don't wish it to be called of Nepal. It is rather a collection of oppression tools. Aryas especially Khaas originated around Jumla triumph truth and Gods over anything else, but both rule and Muluki Ain of JBR was example of exception.
That Ain provide that Jaisi are sons of Upadhyay but from second wife, or wife without fire rituals or the wife was widow of someone else both physical or symbolical, or the wife was from Jaisi origin itself.
This definition is nothing but a tool to confuse everyone and legitimize nonsense propaganda they would later preach. "Jaisi vaneka xxx ka xora hun" is a common phrase. I am in no position to accept this, though this nonsense muluki Ain has now long been lost but its children are still operating here and there without knowing anything but carrying a severe stupidity of their forefather.
The same code provide that Jaisi can't give Gayatri mantra to anyone but only to Jaisi. They were then forced to farming etc. as their origin made them impure for royal things and now their duties and way to sustain too has been forfeited. Various theories popularized by propaganda why Jaisi should not recite Vedas. However, the code seems to limit to Bratabandha and other Karmakanda rituals.
Historically who were these Jaisi Bahun then? Yagyavalkya Smriti imagined two bahuns at working level, one is Upadhya who can accept gift except from Kings by performing rituals, they were neither Guru nor Acharyas but who have right/duties to perform Vedic Karmas. Another were Daivagyas as defined by Mitakshara as Jyotish who have right/duties to guide the Kingdom. It is my position that these Daivagyas aka Jyotish were Jaisi and they were never in practice of Rituals. Since, we know at the time of Late Great King Pritthivi Narayan Shah Dev, two Jaisi Bahun from Aryal and Dhakal family guided him to Nepal's Unification, which also provide material to that function of Jaisi.
"Jaisi ko Jaal" is infamous saying, which I accept with whole heart. They are the strategist and gone through oppression of JBR but did not give up and survive the unjust JBR. These much humiliation and lack of survival, Jaisi guide their lives through farming, lost study of Vedas still carry the family tradition as much as they could have.
But as a proud Jaisi, would not have these oppression caused, I believe we would never be able to understand oppression against other caste especially those from working class. We would have never understood the value of labor.
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