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TEXT 32 mam hi partha vyapasritya
SYNONYMS  mam--unto
Me; hi--certainly; partha--O son of Prtha; vyapasritya--particularly
taking shelter; ye--anyone; api--also; syuh--becomes;
papa-yonayah--born of a lower family; striyah--women; vaisyah--mercantile
people; tatha--also; sudrah--lower-class men; te api--even
they; yanti--go; param--supreme; gatim--destination.
TRANSLATION O son of
Prtha, those who take shelter in Me, though they be of lower birth--women,
vaisyas [merchants], as well as sudras [workers]--can approach the supreme
destination.
PURPORT 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 Srimad-Bhagavatam
it is stated that even the lowest, who are called candalas (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 (brahmanas), the mode of passion
(ksatriyas, or administrators), the mixed modes of passion and ignorance
(vaisyas, or merchants), and the mode of ignorance (sudras,
or workers). Those lower than them are called candalas, 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 Krsna. One has to take center completely of Krsna.
Then one can become much greater than great jnanis and yogis.
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