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 pollution is the condition which made the gradation of castes a possibility. To sum up, in short, the caste system sought its justification in the theories of karma and transmigration of souls. The various gradations were simply a natural result of wild and monstrous ideas regarding purity and pollution. The chief objection to the fusion of varnas was that it would lead to the discontinuance of oblations. This discontinuance would lead the forefathers to hell and would cause the destruction of everything.