Bhagavad Gita Chapter 9 Verse 32

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Chapter 9. The Most Confidential Knowledge

TEXT 32
mam hi partha vyapasritya
ye 'pi syuh papa-yonayah
striyo vaisyas tatha sudras
te 'pi yanti param gatim

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.

EXPLANATION
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.

Following is a quotation by Swami Gaurangapada:
"The soul is an invisible spiritual force to the material eyes but is
visible to everyone through the accomplishments and symptoms of the
dead material body encaging the soul."

Please chant Nityananda, Gauranga and Hare Krishna Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare, and
approach the supreme destination.