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[[Category:Bhagavad-gita As It Is (1972) - Chapter 09]]
<div style="float:left">'''[[Bhagavad-gita As It Is (1972)]] - [[BG 9 (1972)|Chapter 9: The Most Confidential Knowledge]]'''</div>
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==== TEXT 32 ====

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:मां हि पार्थ व्यपाश्रित्य येऽपि स्युः पापयोनयः ।
:स्त्रियो वैश्यास्तथा शूद्रास्तेऽपि यान्ति परां गतिम् ॥३२॥
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:māṁ hi pārtha vyapāśritya
:ye 'pi syuḥ pāpa-yonayaḥ
:striyo vaiśyās tathā śūdrās
:te 'pi yānti parāṁ gatim
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==== SYNONYMS ====

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''mām''—unto Me; ''hi''—certainly; ''pārtha''—O son of Pṛthā; ''vyapāśrītya''—particularly taking shelter; ''ye''—anyone; ''api''—also; ''syuḥ''—becomes; ''pāpa-yonayaḥ''—born of a lower family; ''striyaḥ''—women; ''vaiśyāḥ''—mercantile people; ''tathā''—also; ''śūdrāḥ''—lower class men; ''te api''—even they; ''yānti''—go; ''parām''—supreme; ''gatim''—destination.
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==== TRANSLATION ====

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O son of Pṛthā, those who take shelter in Me, though they be of lower birth-women, vaiśyas [merchants], as well as śūdras [workers]—can approach the supreme destination.
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==== PURPORT ====

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It is clearly declared here by the Supreme Lord that in devotional service there is no distinction between the lower or higher classes of people. In the material conception of life, there are such divisions, but for a person engaged in transcendental devotional service to the Lord, there are not. Everyone is eligible for the supreme destination. In the ''Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam'' it is stated that even the lowest, who are called ''caṇḍālas'' (dog-eaters), can be elevated by association with a pure devotee. Therefore devotional service and guidance of a pure devotee are so strong that there is no discrimination between the lower and higher classes of men; anyone can take to it. The most simple man taking center of the pure devotee can be purified by proper guidance. According to the different modes of material nature, men are classified in the mode of goodness (''brāhmaṇas''), the mode of passion (''kṣatriyas'', or administrators), the mixed modes of passion and ignorance (''vaiśyas'', or merchants), and the mode of ignorance (''śūdras'', or workers). Those lower than them are called ''caṇḍālas'', and they are born in sinful families. Generally, those who are born in sinful families are not accepted by the higher classes. But the process of devotional service and the pure devotee of the Supreme God are so strong that all the lower classes can attain the highest perfection of life. This is possible only when one takes center of Kṛṣṇa. One has to take center completely of Kṛṣṇa. Then one can become much greater than great ''jñānīs'' and ''yogīs''.
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