Acharya Prashant explains that to understand any practice or text within Sanatana Dharma, one must look at its core, which is the Vedas, specifically Vedanta. Vedanta represents the pinnacle of Vedic philosophy and focuses on the nature of consciousness and the self. He clarifies that according to Vedanta, a human being is not the body but an incomplete consciousness seeking completeness, which is termed Truth or Atman. He emphasizes that the classification of individuals into varnas was originally intended to be based on the level of one's consciousness rather than birth or lineage. A 'Shudra' is defined as someone whose consciousness is tied to the animalistic level of bodily identification, while a 'Brahmin' is one whose life is dedicated to knowledge, realization, and liberation.